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This bimonthly roundup features highlights of the hottest news stories of recent months. Topics covered include: three interim voluntary security guidance documents offer new guidelines to help utilities guard water supplies that include the Interim Voluntary Security Guidance for Water Utilities Utilities developed by AWWA, the Interim Voluntary Guidance for Wastewater/Stormwater Utilities developed by WEF, and the Interim Voluntary Guidelines for Designing an Online Contaminant Monitoring System developed by ASCE; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) new lead and copper guidance; the state of Virginia's Supreme Court rejected lawsuits alleging elevated levels of disinfection byproducts in the city of Chesapeake, VA caused miscarriages; New Jersey adopts 5-µg/L arsenic standard; USEPA releases issue papers on Total Coliform Rule (TCR) topics; and, USEPA reported Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) compliance gains in 2004.