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China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-08 07:03
Airlines to monitor water
US airlines will be required to regularly disinfect and monitor on-board drinking water systems under a new rule unveiled on Tuesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has for the first time tailored existing public water monitoring regulations to commercial aircraft.
The change, five years in the making and affecting 63 airlines and 7,300 planes, will replace interim systems for monitoring bacteria and other pathogens that could sicken passengers.
The EPA expects the annual cost to the industry to be about $7 million. Airlines have 18 months to develop maintenance plans that comply with the standards.
(China Daily 10/08/2009 page9)
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