New analytical methods and sampling techniques are enabling clean water facilities to measure levels of mercury that were previously undetectable. Because of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new human health criterion for methylmercury in fish tissue and the increasing number of fish advisories based on mercury. More clean water agencies are facing mercury requirements. While NACWA believes each community must make the decisions that are right for its citizens, the Association favors a national, holistic strategy that fairly and equitably takes into account the various sources of mercury – air, industrial, national and international.

04/01/11	Clean Water Current		NACWA and Quicksilver Caucus Discuss Recommendations for Dental Amalgam Separator Rule
12/29/08	ADA MOU		Dental Amalgam MOU
January 2008	NACWA Mercury Sampling Project		Sampling Report Appendices C&D
August 2006	NACWA Report		Mercury Control Program Case Studies
January 2006	NACWA Report		NACWA White Paper on Controlling Mercury in Wastewater Discharges from Dental Clinics
August 2000	NACWA Report		Evaluation of Domestic Sources of Mercury
2000	NACWA Report		Mercury Source Control and Pollution Prevention Program Evaluation

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