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How USEPA is Looking at Regulating Groups
Author(s) -
Roberson J. Alan
Publication year - 2010
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.1551-8833.2010.tb11326.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , environmental planning , regulatory agency , business , environmental science , waste management , environmental protection , political science , engineering , public administration , philosophy , epistemology
This article discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA's) new drinking water strategy, focusing on the first of four elements proposed in the strategy – address contaminants as groups, rather than one at a time, in the hope that enhanced protection of public health can be achieved more cost‐effectively. In particular, the article focuses on three of the groups – nitrosamines, carcinogenic volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), and chlorinated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) – that USEPA believes it has enough information on for a decision regarding regulatory action.