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EPA PROPOSES MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR UNREGULATED DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS
Release Date: 05/06/99
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1999
EPA PROPOSES MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR UNREGULATED
DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires EPA to determine whether or not a contaminant not currently regulated is showing up in drinking water supplies at a level or frequency that might warrant regulation. The benefit of unregulated contaminant monitoring at public water systems is early warning of a contaminant’s presence before serious public health impacts occur. EPA is asking for public comment on 30 unregulated contaminants out of a proposed list of 36 unregulated contaminants, that the nation’s large drinking water suppliers (those serving more than 10,000 persons) and a representative sample of small drinking water systems (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) would monitor. These systems would be required to begin monitoring in 2001, to determine whether or not the contaminants are present at a level that would warrant consideration for regulation at a later date. The proposed “Revision to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water Systems” was published in the Federal Register on Friday, April 30. For more information, the general public can call EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791 or access EPA’s drinking water web site at: https://www.epa.gov/safewater.
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