Michigan adopts strongest laws to get the lead out of schools’ water
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a trio of bills that will require Michigan schools and child care centers to install water stations with filters certified to remove lead.
John
Rumpler
Clean Water Director and Senior Attorney, Environment America
On staff: 1988-1993; 2003-present
B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Philosophy Prize at Tufts University; J.D. Northeastern University School of Law
John directs Environment America’s efforts to protect our rivers, lakes, streams and drinking water. John’s areas of expertise include lead and other toxic threats to drinking water, factory farms and agribusiness pollution, algal blooms, fracking and the federal Clean Water Act. He previously worked as a staff attorney for Alternatives for Community & Environment and Tobacco Control Resource Center. John lives in Brookline, Mass., with his family, where he enjoys cooking, running, playing tennis, chess and building sandcastles on the beach.
Posts by John Rumpler
Statement: House bill would restore Clean Water Act protections
More than 100 Members of Congress are backing new legislation to restore Clean Water Act protections to streams and wetlands.
FAA approves PFAS-free foam for airports
The announcement clears the way for civilian airports to stop using PFAS-laden firefighting foam, which has contaminated water at hundreds of sites across the country.
Statement: Water infrastructure funding at risk in Congress
Even as sewage and runoff pollution close beaches and put swimmers' health at risk, some in Congress are proposing drastic cuts to water infrastructure funding.
