13 organizations including Food & Water Watch are petitioning EPA to exercise emergency authority under the Safe Drinking ...

EPA initially promulgated in 1991 a rule to control lead in drinking water. The agency utilized its Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) authority. The SDWA is applicable to all public water ...

Groups from Iowa and several other states have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to invoke its emergency ...

Groups Request EPA use Safe Drinking Water Emergency Powers to Protect MN, WI, IA, WA, and OR Communities from Further Harm ...

The relationship between fluoride in public water supplies and the regulatory framework of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) has gained ...

The EPA is accusing the county of Safe Water Drinking Act violations at seven county owned and operated sites, according to the settlement, which has yet to be signed by either parties ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently pledged to take steps to remove fluoride from public water due to potential health risks, but ...

American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., announced today that it will launch a nationwide c ...

EPA’s inspection team “acknowledged the concerns and its intent to move forward with the inspection and sampling plan under the authority granted by the (Safe Drinking Water Act)” and told ...

The Dallas Water Utilities Department sent thousands of letters in recent weeks identifying the possibility of lead pipes on ...

The petition asks the EPA to take “prompt and decisive” action under the emergency powers granted to the department by the Safe Drinking Water Act. Petitioners also are asking the EPA to ...