<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Drinking Water</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/water?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><description>Drinking Water</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Williams Calls for Environmental Agency]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64798-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64798-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams proposes creating a cabinet-level Department of Environment that would focus on providing District residents with cleaner air, clearer water and more inviting parks and open spaces.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Tests Show Drop in Levels Of Lead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28213-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28213-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Recent tests of drinking water in several dozen District homes show encouraging declines in lead levels, a sign that a new chemical treatment begun in August is having an impact, D.C. Water and Sewer Authority General Manager Jerry N. Johnson said Friday.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Seeks Stiffer Rules On Lead in Water]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13861-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13861-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Reflecting lessons learned from the District's recent problems, water utilities would have to conduct stricter testing for lead in drinking water and provide clearer warnings to the public under changes proposed Monday by the EPA.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coalition Calls Effort On Lead A Failure]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46027-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46027-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A year after D.C. residents learned that drinking water in thousands of homes had excessive lead levels, a coalition of advocates said yesterday that local and federal leaders have done too little to fix the problem and that some of them should be fired.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASA Breached Law, EPA Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27660-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27660-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Agency says D.C. water authority violated federal law by claiming that the water in more than 400 District homes had safe levels of lead and by not replacing that number of lead service lines.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitol Hill Workers Told Not to Drink From Faucets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1947-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1947-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Capitol Hill employees have been advised not to use water from bathroom and kitchen faucets for drinking or cooking after tests last month discovered excessive levels of lead in water at the Library of Congress.]]></description><author> David Nakamura</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lead Report Suggests Better Communications]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57742-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57742-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The District's Water and Sewer Authority should enter into a formal agreement with the Health Department to avoid the kind of communication problems associated with WASA's disclosure of lead contamination of tap water last year, according to a report released this week.]]></description><author> David Nakamura</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report by D.C. Council Panel Urges City Oversight of Water]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23333-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23333-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A D.C. Council committee report echoes recommendations that the city should assume the federal government's responsibility for regulating D.C. drinking water.]]></description><author> Debbi Wilgoren</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report Says D.C. Should Regulate Water]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45125-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45125-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The District should take over the federal government's responsibility for regulating city tap water and replace lead plumbing more swiftly in thousands of homes, according to a new report.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deal Set To Stem Sewage Overflows]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29872-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29872-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Three underground water storage tunnels will be designed to nearly eliminate sewage overflows that pollute the Anacostia and Potomac rivers and Rock Creek at times of heavy rain.]]></description><author> Debbi Wilgoren</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Sues WSSC Over Sewage Flow Into Md. Waters]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61387-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61387-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The federal government sued the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission yesterday, charging that sewer overflows have caused millions of gallons of raw or partially treated sewage to flow into Maryland waterways.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tests Find Poisonous Chemical In Water]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61555-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61555-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A more refined test of the water in the Washington Aqueduct has revealed the presence of perchlorate, a toxic chemical typically found in weapons and explosives, federal officials said Thursday.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASA to Replace 2,800 Lead Pipes  Over Next Year]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46399-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46399-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C. Water and Sewer Authority announced plans Friday to replace 2,800 lead service pipes over the next year in a program aimed at reducing the risk of lead contamination in drinking water.]]></description><author> David Nakamura</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groundwater Toxin Found At Site Near Aqueduct]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A404-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A404-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Random tests performed in 2003 found unsafe amounts of a chemical toxin a few hundred yards from Washington's drinking water supply, a discovery that has set off a tense, largely behind-the-scenes debate over protecting the water and the public.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WSSC Backs Marlboro Meadows Deal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50074-2004Oct20.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50074-2004Oct20.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The board of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission voted yesterday to ask the Montgomery and Prince George's county councils to increase WSSC's capital budget to allow Marlboro Meadows, an aging Prince George's housing development, to connect to the utility's water and sewer lines.]]></description><author> Ovetta Wiggins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Utilities Being Investigated for Lead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30896-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30896-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal regulators are reviewing lead testing reports for several facilities across the country to determine whether environmental laws have been violated.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators Urge Probe of EPA on Water Safety]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9550-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9550-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two U.S. senators said they were "alarmed" by reports that utilities often violate rules designed to reduce lead in drinking water.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Across U.S., Lead Levels In Water Misrepresented]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7094-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7094-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Results of tests used to detect lead in water are being manipulated by cities across the country, violating federal law and putting millions at risk, according to records.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig, Jo Becker  and David Nakamura</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[3rd Member Quits Board Of WSSC]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63480-2004Sep30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63480-2004Sep30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The vice chairman of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission resigned after Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan threatened to oust him if he did not step down.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bacteria Put D.C. Water in Breach]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45623-2004Sep23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45623-2004Sep23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/water</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bacteria levels in D.C. tap water exceeded federal health standards this month for the first time since 1996, city and Environmental Protection Agency officials announced Thursday, but they said most people are not at risk.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item></channel></rss>