State Drinking Water Distribution System Survey: Association of State Drinking Water Administrators White Paper
September 29, 2020
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) released a September 2020 White Paper titled:
State Drinking Water Distribution System Survey (“White Paper”)
The White Paper summarizes findings from a survey that the ASDWA undertook of its members on distribution system issues.
The Survey was undertaken by ASDWA’s Regulatory Committee. It was undertaken to determine:
- What distribution system issues are most commonly faced by state water programs
- Collect management practices and policies to share among the states
- Collect additional information useful to inform future regulations
Forty-one states and territories completed the Survey.
Results of the Survey include:
- More than 50 percent of the respondents believe there are gaps in the current regulations for distribution systems
- Coordination of responsibility for delivered water quality between wholesale and purchased water systems
- Absence of consecutive system regulations for monitoring and maintenance
- Need for clarity or expansion in the definition of a public water system to include large distribution systems that are not currently regulated
- Disinfectant residual issues
- Storage tank issues
- Increased sharing of state successes through webinars and conferences
A copy of the white paper can be downloaded here.
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