Lead and copper (click here) enter drinking water primarily through plumbing materials. Exposure to lead and copper may cause health problems ranging from stomach distress to brain damage....
The revisions to the EPA law should be reviewed one more time, at least, before they are adopted. Maybe a new public comment period should be held again.
The revisions to the EPA law should be reviewed one more time, at least, before they are adopted. Maybe a new public comment period should be held again.
The Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) (click here) is a treatment technique rule. Instead of setting a maximum contaminant level (MCL) for lead or copper, the rule requires public water systems (PWSs) to take certain actions to minimize lead and copper in drinking water. These actions reduce water corrosivity and prevent the leaching of these metals from the premise plumbing and drinking water distribution system components. If those actions are not sufficient, the rule prescribes water quality parameter monitoring, corrosion control treatment, source water monitoring and treatment, removal of lead service lines and public education.
Revisions Being Considered
EPA is considering Long-Term Revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule to improve public health protection by making substantive changes and to streamline the rule requirements. EPA’s primary goals in considering LCR Long-Term Revisions are to:
- Improve the effectiveness of the corrosion control treatment in reducing exposure to lead and copper, and
- Trigger additional actions that equitably reduce the public’s exposure to lead and copper when corrosion control treatment alone is not effective....
There needs to be very strong deterrents to allowing the poisoning of the American people, like prison terms of those that short change them and the leadership that allows it.
- Improve the effectiveness of the corrosion control treatment in reducing exposure to lead and copper, and
- Trigger additional actions that equitably reduce the public’s exposure to lead and copper when corrosion control treatment alone is not effective....
There needs to be very strong deterrents to allowing the poisoning of the American people, like prison terms of those that short change them and the leadership that allows it.
