ACWA Hosts Briefing to Highlight Future Challenges in Providing Safe Drinking Water.SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1999-- The year 1999 marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is a United States federal law passed by the U.S. Congress on December 16, 1974. It is the main federal law that ensures safe drinking water for Americans. . Since then, California water providers have made great strides in providing their customers with the most healthful health·ful adj. 1. Conducive to good health; salutary. 2. Healthy. health  ful·ness n. and affordable
drinking water in the world.But as more demand is placed on current and future water supplies and as safe drinking water regulations continue to tighten, public water agencies will face increasing challenges over the next 25 years. These issues will be discussed by California water leaders at a briefing sponsored by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA ACWA Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives ACWA Administrative Careers With America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment ACWA American Civil War Association ACWA American Clean Water Association ) next week in South Lake Tahoe. "Redefining `SAFE': A Non-Technical Briefing of Pressing Drinking Water Challenges" will be held May 4 at Harrah's Hotel, South Shore Room, in conjunction with the ACWA 1999 Spring Conference May 5-7. The briefing is geared towards water agency managers, directors, attorneys and other non-technical members of the water community. It will begin with a look back at the accomplishments and challenges of the 25 years since the passage of the landmark Safe Drinking Water Act in 1974, and the major amendments to that act passed in 1996. Water agency experts at the forefront of these issues will then outline some of the many pressing water quality issues emerging today, including MTBE MTBE Methyl-tert-butyl-ether Surgery An aliphatic ether that rapidly dissolves cholesterol stones in vivo, introduced under local anesthesia via a percutaneous transhepatic cholecystectomy catheter, as a non-invasive method for treating gallstones; after injection, , perchlorate perchlorate: see chlorate. , arsenic and radon. Attendees will also get a head start on how to plan for these future challenges. Speakers will address how to get financing for updating and expanding treatment facilities, handle more public inquiries, and prepare for possible courtroom confrontations, as litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. increasingly becomes a public response to water quality concerns. The media is welcome to attend the briefing. For more information, contact Jennifer Persike-Becker, ACWA director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. and human resources, at 916/441-4545. -0-
WHAT: ACWA briefing on water quality issues in the next century
"Redefining `SAFE': A Non-Technical Briefing of Pressing
Drinking Water Challenges
WHERE: Harrah's Hotel, South Shore Room, South Lake Tahoe
WHEN: May 4, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
-0- ACWA is a statewide organization whose pubic agency members are responsible for about 90 percent of the water delivered in California. |
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