New York drinking water panel: Removing 1,4-dioxane will be costly View Larger Image Newsday » The state Drinking Water Quality Council, charged with recommending a safe standard for the chemical 1,4-dioxane, estimated Monday that removing the emerging contaminant could cost water suppliers in New York billions of dollars in capital spending and millions more each year to operate and maintain treatment systems. The panel also discussed two other pollutants that are also not currently regulated federally. Michelle2018-02-27T14:51:11-08:00February 26th, 2018|Drinking Water, New York| Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookTwitterEmail Related Posts Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund Water Infrastructure Improvements April 18th, 2019 Getting There: Congestion pricing isn’t coming to Spokane, but these roads aren’t free and never were April 8th, 2019 The Boring Company: What 8 Cities Really Think of Elon Musk’s Tunnel Vision March 26th, 2019 Andrew Cuomo announces $128 million for state highways March 11th, 2019 Trump Admin. Says N.Y., N.J. Can’t Use Federal Funds to Pay for Essential Infrastructure Project February 20th, 2019 Transit Advocates: Is the White House Purposefully Delaying Project Funds? September 11th, 2018 State OKs $485M for new Pacheco Reservoir July 26th, 2018 Audit: $360M needed to fix New York dams June 14th, 2018 Congress could provide funding for Gateway project June 10th, 2018