Seeking the final piece

摘要

With increasing interest in providing more resilient water supplies, utilities are looking to include potable reuse as an element to diversify their water supply portfolios. With no federal rules or regulations, states must develop rules or regulations to govern potable reuse within the existing federal regulatory framework. Further, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is unlikely to develop new national regulations for potable reuse. However, the U.S. Clean Water Act (CWA) and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), together govern protection of environmental and human health. While these two acts were not developed with planned potable reuse in mind, they have been relied upon as the existing regulatory framework governing de facto potable reuse for decades.