HOUSE APPROVES SANDY RELIEF BILL WITH $600 MILLION FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY
A long-awaited Hurricane Sandy relief bill approved by House lawmakers includes a $600 million infusion into the Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds to help water systems in New York and New Jersey build resiliency to future floods and natural disasters. MORE
ASCE SEES $84 BILLION WATER/WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING GAP IN 2020
In its new report on infrastructure investment, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) says current trends indicate $126 billion will be needed for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure by 2020, resulting in an anticipated funding gap of $84 billion. MORE
EPA MEMO ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY WATER PROJECT AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA
A memorandum to EPA regional administrators and Water and Enforcement Division directors from EPA’s Office of Water and Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance attempts to clarify the types of considerations that municipalities can use when evaluating affordability of projects undertaken to comply with Clean Water Act requirements. MORE
NEW FEDERAL MEMORANDUM ADDRESSES PHARMACEUTICALS IN DRINKING WATER
EPA’s Office of Water joined with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey in signing a Memorandum of Understanding to “improve and sustain federal coordination and collaboration on issues related to pharmaceuticals in drinking water.” MORE
EPA FINALIZES AMENDMENTS TO RECIPROCATING ENGINE STANDARDS
On January 14, EPA finalized new amendments to its 2010 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines under which large internal combustion engines are subject to run-time restrictions, fuel specifications and other technical requirements when used as part of emergency electrical demand response.
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