Utilities Ask EPA to Delay Two Drinking Water Rules Due to Costs

The American Water Works Association asked the EPA to delay its PFAS and lead and copper drinking water improvements rules for two years so that utilities aren’t forced to pass on to households the extreme costs of compliance.

The association, which represents roughly 80% of the nation’s drinking and waste water utilities, sent Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin a letter on Wednesday asking for a delay in the compliance dates and the administration’s reconsideration of the two rules.

Former President Joe Biden’s EPA last year finalized the two rules, the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...