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WaterNews for November 12, 2003G. Tracy Mehan, III WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. Inside this week’s WaterNews
EPA Issues Draft Policy on Blending For Nation’s Sewage Treatment FacilitiesEPA has issued this draft policy to establish consistent national guidelines on the practice of blending that is used by municipal sewage treatment facilities to manage high flows associated with storm events. Already widely used, blending is a technique to manage high flows that could damage sensitive parts of the sewage treatment system or could lead to overflows of raw sewage into local waterways. The draft policy outlines safeguards and requirements to be followed during blending and restates the requirement that all discharges must continue to meet Clean Water Act permit limits. The draft policy and additional information can be found at www.epa.gov/npdes/blending The public comment period ends on Jan. 9, 2004. EPA Requests Scientific Views on Criteria for AtrazineEPA published in the Federal Register on Friday, Nov. 7, an announcement that it is releasing a revised draft ambient water quality criteria document and recommending criteria for Atrazine. The Office of Water is taking this action simultaneously with the Office of Pesticide Programs’ release of its updated and revised Ecological Fate and Effects Risk Assessment for Atrazine. EPA is providing these draft materials to give the public an opportunity to provide scientific views or information. You can get more on this action by visiting the Agency’s internet web site at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/atrazine/atrazref.html. November and December Focus on Drinking Water SecurityAs part of the celebration of the Year of Clean Water during November and December, we will continue to focus on activities that promote the security of our drinking water resources as well as our drinking water and wastewater facilities and equipment. As a product of these efforts, we have assembled new materials that address some of the concerns about water and wastewater security for a variety of audiences, including the general public, medical professionals, utilities, and others. To view or order materials please visit http://www.epa.gov/water/yearofcleanwater/month.html#nov. Office of Water Continues Regional Water Reviews-Next Up New YorkEPA's Office of Water is continuing it's ongoing review of each regional water program. These "reviews" are somewhat different now. Rather than devote the entire review to performance measures, the Office of Water has broadened the review to include a significant policy discussion. This policy discussion -- the states are invited to attend a portion -- focuses on the challenges that each specific region is facing in implementing the national water program. The New York regional review will be held on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003 and Friday, Nov. 14, 2003. Subscribe to WaterNewsPlease forward this message to your friends and colleagues who share an interest in water-related issues and would like to hear from EPA's Office of Water. To subscribe to the WaterNews listserv: Send an email message, leave the subject line blank, and address it to: In the body of the message write: Subscribe WaterNews firstname lastname (Please leave one blank space between each word, do not include any other message, and use your actual name- i.e. Subscribe WaterNews Robert Jones) A welcome message will appear in your email box once you are officially subscribed.
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