EPA's Revised Total Coliform Rule Offers Relief to Small Communities

摘要

The revised total coliform rule will help small drinking water systems through a new scheme that will not require public notifications to be sent to customers when total coliforms are detected, a utility representative told BNA Jan. 9. The Environmental Protection Agency's new rule revises the 1989 rule by removing a maximum contaminant level (MCL) violation for total coliforms and replacing it with a maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) and maximum contaminant level of zero for E. coli.