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• EPA Releases Annual Report Showing Steady Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution

  Report highlights key EPA accomplishments to safeguard public health and the environment from dangerous ‘forever chemicals’

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Annual Report Showing Steady Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution

  • Release Date: December 14, 2023

• What They Are Saying: Broad range of leaders and advocates applaud Biden-Harris Administration’s proposal to strengthen the lead and copper rule to protect communities from lead in drinking water

  EPA News Release: What They Are Saying: Broad range of leaders and advocates applaud Biden-Harris Administration’s proposal to strengthen the lead and copper rule to protect communities from lead in drinking water

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $30.7 Million in Grants to Support Water Systems in Small and Rural Communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $30.7 Million in Grants to Support Water Systems in Small and Rural Communities

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• EPA Announces Development of Water Reuse Action Plan

  EPA will work across the water sector to lead the development of an integrated management approach for our Nation’s water resources

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Development of Water Reuse Action Plan

  • Release Date: February 27, 2019

• EPA Provides $202 Million Loan to Modernize Baltimore's Wastewater Infrastructure

  WIFIA loan to help finance water infrastructure upgrades that will better protect public health and water quality for 1.8 million Baltimore residents

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides $202 Million Loan to Modernize Baltimore's Wastewater Infrastructure

  • Release Date: February 25, 2019

• The Government of Puerto Rico Repays Clean Water and Drinking Water Fund Debt

  EPA News Release: The Government of Puerto Rico Repays Clean Water and Drinking Water Fund Debt

  • Release Date: February 20, 2019

• EPA Acting Administrator Announces First-Ever Comprehensive Nationwide PFAS Action Plan

  Historic plan outlines concrete steps the agency is taking to address PFAS and to protect public health

  EPA News Release: EPA Acting Administrator Announces First-Ever Comprehensive Nationwide PFAS Action Plan

  • Release Date: February 14, 2019

• EPA Advances President Trump’s Infrastructure Agenda Through Accelerated Investments in America’s Water Infrastructure

  EPA News Release: EPA Advances President Trump’s Infrastructure Agenda Through Accelerated Investments in America’s Water Infrastructure

  • Release Date: February 7, 2019

• EPA and Army Announce Public Hearing on Proposed New “Waters of the United States” Definition

  Hearing will be held February 27-28, 2019 in Kansas City, Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA and Army Announce Public Hearing on Proposed New “Waters of the United States” Definition

  • Release Date: February 6, 2019

• EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler Promotes President Trump's State of the Union Address In GA

  Administrator Wheeler met with members of GA and SC Farm Bureaus, as well as local and state officials to discuss WOTUS and our new nutrient reduction policy

  EPA News Release: EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler Promotes President Trump's State of the Union Address In GA

  • Release Date: February 6, 2019

• EPA Announces New Water Quality Trading Policy Memorandum

  EPA efforts seek to modernize the agency’s water quality trading policies to leverage emerging technologies and facilitate broader adoption of market-based programs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Water Quality Trading Policy Memorandum

  • Release Date: February 6, 2019

• EPA Signs MOU with The Water Research Foundation Advancing Nutrient Management Efforts

  MOU Advances Trump Administration’s Efforts to Address Excess Nutrients in Nation’s Waterways

  EPA News Release: EPA Signs MOU with The Water Research Foundation Advancing Nutrient Management Efforts

  • Release Date: February 1, 2019