[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: "AWWA Releases Cost Analysis of Anticipated Perchlorate Regulation"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
American Water Works Association
October 28, 2013

AWWA Releases Cost Analysis of Anticipated Perchlorate Regulation


The American Water Works Association today releases a new cost-impact assessment for an anticipated perchlorate regulation that is currently pending at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

This new assessment updates a 2009 review of cost by including additional treatment strategies and accounting for regulatory limits already in place in California and Massachusetts. In addition to ion exchange, this assessment considers also costs associated with blending, source abandonment and development of new sources. In all, the estimated national compliance costs for a perchlorate maximum contaminant level (MCL) ranging from 2 to 24 parts per billion (ppb) is smaller than estimated compliance costs for other drinking water regulations.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11276312.htm

For the full study, see
http://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/files/legreg/documents/AWWA2013PerchlorateCostAssessment.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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