Arsenic Standard for Drinking Water

1) EPA Announces Arsenic Standard for Drinking Water of 10 Parts per Billion

On October 31, 2001, EPA announced that the arsenic standard in drinking water will be 10 parts per billion (ppb). This standard will improve the safety of drinking water for millions of Americans, and better protect against the risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. EPA will maintain the compliance date of 2006. Nearly 97 percent of the water systems affected by this standard are small systems that serve less than 10,000 people each. Some of these systems will face significant challenges in complying with the standard. EPA plans to help these systems by providing $20 million over the next two years for research and development of more cost-effective technologies and providing technical assistance and training to operators. For more information, visit the safe drinking water web site at
www.epa.gov/safewater/arsenic.html on the Internet.
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Danielle Droitsch
Executive Director
Tennessee Clean Water Network
Box 1521
Knoxville, TN 37901
865-607-2138 (voice)
865-494-6234 (home)
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www.tcwn.org