EPA’s reuse leader talks national action plan

During the closing session at the American Water Works Association’s recent International Symposium on Potable Reuse in Atlanta, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s leader on water reuse told attendees a national water reuse action plan will likely be completed by the end of February.

In an hour-long interactive session with AWWA CEO David LaFrance that included audience questions, Jeff Lape, EPA’s National Program Leader for Water Reuse, emphasized that water reuse is an important tool in assuring future water security, resilience and sustainability. The National Water Reuse Action Plan aims to “institutionalize” water reuse within EPA, he said.