Środowisko i energia · 13.07.2010

Drinking Water Strategy Contaminants as Group(s)-Notice of Web Dialogue

On March 22, 2010, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced the Drinking Water Strategy, a new vision to expand public health protection for drinking water by going beyond the traditional framework. The Drinking Water Strategy includes the following four principles: Addressing some contaminants as group(s) rather than one at a time so that enhancement of drinking water protection can be achieved cost-effectively; fostering development of new drinking water technologies to address health risks posed by a broad array of contaminants; using the authority of multiple statutes to help protect drinking water; and partnering with States to share more complete data from monitoring at public water systems. EPA is committed to engaging the public and stakeholders as we move forward to implement the four principles. The purpose of this notice is to announce that EPA will host a Web dialogue. The discussion topics for this Web dialogue are focused on the first of the four principles, addressing some contaminants as group(s) rather than addressing single contaminants. EPA invites the public and stakeholders to participate in this information exchange on addressing contaminants as group(s).