EPA Region 5 to Audit State of Michigan’s Drinking Water Program

CHICAGO – November 11, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman today announced that the agency will conduct an audit of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) drinking water program. Region 5 will examine MDEQ’s implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act and related rules on lead and copper, total coliform, nitrates and ground water.

During the audit, EPA Region 5 staff will go to MDEQ offices to review state files on public water system compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. EPA will also review MDEQ oversight of public water systems. The audit will consist of a full programmatic review that supplements the reviews of the Michigan drinking water program that EPA conducts each year.

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