Regulatory Environment Impact on Small Systems

Presented at:

International Ozone Association
World Congress
1999 Annual Conference
Dearborn, Michigan
August 24, 1999

Paul K. Overbeck
GDT Corporation
Phoenix, Arizona USA

ABSTRACT

The 1996 US Congressional Reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act directed the US EPA to develop regulations that would be applicable to the need of small communities as well as large urban populations. The Congress identified that most small municipal systems treating less than 1 million gallons per day (3.8 megaliter/day), defined as plants that serve less than 10,000 persons have particular challenges due to their size, technical and financial abilities that required special consideration.

This paper will report on EPA actions to assure the highest possible water quality to the public from large and small systems while taking into account the special needs of small communities. The Small Systems Compliance Technology Program for the Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR), the EPA Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Packaged Drinking Water Treatment System Pilot project and the impact of the recent Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (D/DBP) will be discussed.