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Microbial/Disinfection By‐Products Rules on Expedited Schedule
Author(s) -
Pontius Frederick W.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1997.tb08223.x
Subject(s) - safe drinking water act , agency (philosophy) , water disinfection , business , regulatory agency , environmental science , maximum contaminant level , environmental planning , environmental protection , water quality , environmental engineering , ecology , biology , political science , public administration , philosophy , epistemology
The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has been working to develop new regulations for microbes and disinfection byproducts (M/DBPs) since the early 1980s. The agency's drinking water program redirection effort in 1995 elevated the control of high‐risk microbial contaminants and resulted in the M/DBP cluster of rules becoming a top agency priority. The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) amendments require the agency to meet aggressive deadlines for regulation of M/DBPs. Key milestones and deadlines in the regulation of disinfectants and DBPs (D/DBPs) are summarized in this article.