The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) recently created a Corrosion Control Advisory Panel aimed at drinking water remediation. EGLE also implemented new standards earlier in the year, including the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), which helps detect lead in drinking water.
There are seven drinking water professionals on the Corrosion Control Advisory Panel:
- Elin Betanzo, PE, president and founder, Safe Water Engineering, LLC
- David Cornwell, CEO, Cornwell Engineering Group, Inc.
- Darren Lytle, environmental engineer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Drinking Water Management Branch CESER Water Infrastructure Division
- Susan Masten, professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University
- Desmond Murray, associate professor of chemistry, Andrews University
- Terese Olson, associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
- Andrea Porter, environmental engineer, Groundwater & Drinking Water Branch, EPA, Region V
The panel’s purpose is to provide suggestions on strategies to comply with LCR corrosion protection requirements, give input regarding the corrosion protection methods, advise which actions would be most effective to ensure public protection, evaluate studies to make recommendations, and identify systems of measurement to assess corrosion control.
Michigan is ramping up its effort to diminish lead exposure in drinking water by repairing damaged and aging infrastructure throughout the state. The new Corrosion Control Advisory Panel will report to EGLE’s Drinking Water and Environmental Health Division (DWEHD), which regulates 2,685 public drinking water systems through the LCR.
The LCR requires drinking water systems to offer corrosion control when the federal level for copper or lead is exceeded. The purpose of the corrosion control is to limit heavy metals into drinking water, thereby protecting Michigan residents from harm. A statewide effort is already in the works to remove all lead service lines.
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