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EPA is developing a new regulatory impact analysis framwork for
proposed drinking water regulations. The Safe Drinking Water Act,
as amended in 1996, requires that whenever EPA proposes a national
primary drinking water regulation, EPA must publish a cost-benefit
analysis. Components of the analysis include treatment design, unit
treatment costs and national costs, model systems development, baseline
estimates, data quality objectives, and benefits analysis.
Historic Documents
EPA held a workshop with practicing water design and costing engineers in
November 1997, to discuss the assumptions and components that should be
included in models to predict the costs of various treatment alternatives on
public water systems. EPA will use the models in the development of best
available technology options under future National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations.
National Drinking Water Advisory Council Meeting
Summaries
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