Sentences with phrase «for emerging contaminants»
No other state that I'm aware of has required all public water systems, regardless of size, to undertake testing for emerging contaminants,» said Hutton.
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And fueled by drinking water contamination in Hoosick Falls and Newburgh, there is companion legislation that requires nearly all public drinking water supplies in the state to be tested for emerging contaminants.
«This will make New York state the first in the nation to require water systems across New York to test for emerging contaminants regardless of the size of the water system,» Hutton says.
Not exact matches
«So now, every system in the state, other than those that handle just a few homes, are going to be tested for these emerging, toxic contaminants of concern that we are just starting to get our arms around,» Gallay says.
The governor's proposal would require these small water systems to conduct tests once every three years for the unregulated contaminants listed by the EPA and for «emerging contaminants» that would be identified by the state Department of Health.
The state Drinking Water Quality Council, charged with recommending a safe standard for the chemical 1,4 - dioxane, estimated that removing the emerging contaminant could cost water suppliers in New York billions of dollars in capital spending and millions more annually to operate and maintain treatment systems.
«As new contaminants continue to emerge on a regular basis in communities across the nation states should no longer be left to fend for themselves,» the letter said.
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