The Santee Sioux Nation has advised residents not to drink water from the public system and continues to distribute bottled water as an alternative supply.
While challenges remain, these investments represent a coordinated effort to address decades of underinvestment and build a more equitable water future.
The concerns over unknown contamination sources, potential exposure pathways beyond just drinking water, and historical exposures remain on many minds.
Because EPA did not follow the procedures when it finalized the rule governing the four hazard index chemicals, the petitioners expect EPA will “redo the regulatory process for those four hazard index chemicals, and our hope is that those will be separated from the case and will not be adjudicated.”