Senator Moves to Suspend New Arsenic Limit for Tap Water

By Maura Reynolds, Times Staff Writer
June 29, 2006

WASHINGTON — Just months after a new standard took effect to limit levels of arsenic in drinking water, Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) will introduce a measure today to suspend enforcement of the rule for small water systems, including more than 100 in California.

Craig spokesman Dan Whiting said a moratorium on civil penalties was needed to ease the financial burden on water systems that serve 10,000 customers or less.