EPA IS PROPOSING NEW GROUP OF 30 UNREGULATED WATER CONTAMINANTS FOR MONITORING AND PUBLIC COMMENT

EPA is required by the Safe Drinking Water Act to identify up to 30 unregulated contaminants for monitoring every five years and is requesting public comment on 30 contaminants until May 2, 2011. EPA will consider the public input before the list is finalized in 2012. Sampling will be conducted from 2013 to 2015 at systems serving more than 10,000 people and at 800 systems serving less than 10,000 people. For the proposed list, go to http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/ucmr/ucmr3/index.cfm.