这篇文章讨论了多年来一直在努力控制其净化水供应中阿特拉津水平的美国公共水供应商将如何在新的联邦农药监管计划下从今年开始获得意想不到的帮助。该项目要求广泛使用的除草剂生产商监测并降低地表水饮用水源中的阿特拉津水平。这一帮助将包括在流域范围内禁止使用阿特拉津的可能性有限。

This article discusses how US public water suppliers who have been struggling for years to control atrazine levels in their treated water supplies will get unexpected help starting this year under a new federal pesticide regulatory program. The program requires producers of the widely used herbicide to monitor and mitigate atrazine levels in surface water sources of drinking water. This help will include the limited possibility of watershed-wide bans on atrazine use.