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News Release 162
LOANS AND WATER ISSUES DISCUSSED AT MISSOURI SAFE DRINKING WATER COMMISSION MEETING IN SPRINGFIELD
Volume 36-162 |
Contact: Van Beydler |
(For immediate release) |
573-522-2343 |
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MARCH 24, 2008 -- The Missouri Safe Drinking Water Commission voted unanimously to keep the same slate of officers for 2008, discussed new microbial rules and heard a presentation about drinking water loans during a March 18 public meeting in Springfield.
Liz Grove, general manager of the Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission in Monroe City, remains as commission chair, and Lanny Meng, a fourth generation Missouri River bottom farmer from Orrick, remains as vice-chair.
During the meeting, Doug Brune of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave an overview of activities to help Missouri water systems comply with the requirements of new microbial rules, such as the federal Stage 2 Disinfectants/Disinfection ByProducts rule. The Stage 2 Disinfectants/Disinfection ByProduct rule is intended to reduce health risks from disinfection byproducts formed when disinfectants are used to kill microbes and pathogens in the water. The rule requires water systems to meet the maximum contaminant level of disinfection byproducts at each monitoring location, not as a system-wide average as previous rules required.
The commission heard presentations from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Public Drinking Water Branch about the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program's draft intended use plan. The plan is prepared each year to identify the intended uses of funds available and describes how these uses support the goals of the loan program. The source of any funds expected to be received during the year is identified in the plan, as well as the recipients of funds to be disbursed. The draft for public review and comments will be released soon.
The commission offered an opportunity for visitors to speak at the meeting. David Coonrod, presiding commissioner of the Greene County Commission, told the commission about a groundwater study being conducted in the Springfield area. Matt Keener spoke about the background and purpose of the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks.
The next meeting of the Safe Drinking Water Commission is scheduled for May 27 in Jefferson City. For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources' Public Drinking Water Branch at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5331 or visit the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/sdwc/index.html.
For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.
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