Leading the Lead Revolution With the Consortium for Battery Innovation — Battery + Storage Podcast
On November 30, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). With this proposal, EPA aims to simplify and expand upon the 2021 Lead and Copper Rule...more
In early March, Democrats Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Senator Michael Bennett (D-CO) reintroduced their “Financing Lead Out of Water (FLOW) Act,” which would amend the Federal Tax Code to allow public water systems to pay for...more
The toughest question I ever got in Flint was in a church basement on the north side of town. At the time, I was heading up the EPA Region 5 response to the drinking water crisis. A mother asked me simply, “if we know lead is...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a February 20th news release that it was awarding $420,000 to the Arkansas Department of Education to assist with identifying sources of lead in drinking...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) circulated a prepublication version of its proposed revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (“LCR”). The LCR revisions are proposed pursuant to the authority of the...more
In October 2018, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Act 120 of 2018 (Act 120), which grants the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PaPUC) additional authority to support investor-owned water utilities’...more
Everybody loves lists—at least when the list ranks something positive. We can celebrate that Oregon ranks second for the most craft breweries per capita (Vermont eked out the top spot). And that Bend topped a list of best ski...more
The Minnesota Department of Health (“MDOH”) issued a February 2019 report titled: Lead in Minnesota Water – Assessment of Eliminating Lead in Minnesota Drinking Water (“Report”) - The Report is described as an...more
Focus - Interior Secretary Zinke resigns amid investigations - WASHINGTON POST - Dec 15 Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted his resignation to the White House on Saturday after facing pressure to step...more
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a September 2018 report titled: Drinking Water – Approaches For Identifying Lead Service Lines Should Be Shared With All States (“Report”) - A focus of...more
Ever since President Trump took office in January 2017, several questions have arisen within the environmental community regarding how his administration will change the legal and enforcement priorities of the United States...more
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrator’s (“ASDWA”) submitted March 8th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on the Lead and Copper in Drinking Water Rule (“LCR”). The EPA is...more
Community Science Institute v. Target Corp, et al., No. RG18-887565 (Cal. Super. Ct. – Alameda Cnty.): Proposition 65 action alleging Defendant fails to warn consumers that its Up & Up Toddler Beginnings Infant Formula with...more
Under a new state law, California water providers will need to test for lead in local schools’ drinking water on or before July 1, 2019. The new law, AB 746, imposes certain requirements on both water providers and school...more
Both “hard” and “soft” water can contain minerals that can be slightly corrosive and cause low or high pH resulting in lead in drinking water. Common sources of lead in household drinking water include: Lead Piping and...more
Flint, Michigan’s problems with lead in its drinking water have been well documented, and this has prompted reports of similar problems detected in other communities, even though these are apparently not as extensive as the...more
The problems with the quality of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, are not necessarily an isolated collection of failures. From a technical standpoint, the potential for lead leaching into drinking water systems in many...more