这篇双月刊的综合报道重点介绍了美国最热门的新闻故事 最近几个月，AWWA的每周时事通讯WATERWEEK报道 会员公用设施。本专栏涵盖的主题包括:美国环境保护局（USEPA）计划铅和铜规则（LCR）修订；众议院小组听取LCR的证词；地下水规则进一步推迟；美国环保局通过了最终修订的癌症风险指南；杜邦同意资助全氟辛酸（PFOA）治疗、健康研究；波特兰正在争取LT2ESWTR替代方案；AWWA恢复反对MTBE安全港的运动；白宫削减预算削减水利基础设施资金；美国环保局采取了几项水安全行动。

This bimonthly roundup features highlights of the hottest news stories of recent months as reported in WATERWEEK, AWWA's weekly newsletter to member utilities. Topics covered in this column include: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) plans Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) revisions; house panel hears LCR testimony; groundwater rule further delayed; USEPA adopts final revised cancer risk guidelines; DuPont agrees to fund perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) treatment, health study; Portland presses on for LT2ESWTR alternative; AWWA resumes campaign against MTBE safe harbor; white house budget cuts trim water infrastructure funding; and, USEPA takes several water security actions.