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April 2010

Town of Accident hoping to maintain compliance

Posted Thu, 2010/04/29 - 10:03am by RCAP

 

Problem: A Maryland Department of Environment consent order for failing sewerage collection and treatment system
 
Solution:  Rehabilitate sewer collection system, manholes, lateral lines and upgrade wastewater treatment plant while keeping user rates affordable

 

Sterling, Conn., looks forward and makes plans for an emergency

Posted Thu, 2010/04/29 - 9:09am by RCAP
Problem: Emergency-response planning needed
 
Solution: RCAP Solutions assisted the community with development of a vulnerability assessment and emergency-response planning

 

Considering a career in the water industry?

Posted Wed, 2010/04/28 - 3:51pm by RCAP

Members of the American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation who work as water operators tell why they work for water, and the importance of being part of the water community.

 

CRG helps seal the deal: CRG’s ROC USA™ program closes its first manufactured home park sale

Posted Mon, 2010/04/26 - 2:48pm by RCAP

This success story is about a project that was completed under a housing program of Community Resource Group (CRG), the Southern RCAP. CRG is one of RCAP's six regional partners, which are autonomous organizations that each operate many programs. Some of the programs of each regional partner fall under the national RCAP umbrella of nationwide programs that address water and waste water needs. But other programs of RCAP's regional partners fall outside RCAP's national programs.

EPA releases video on simple environmental actions

Posted Mon, 2010/04/26 - 11:17am by RCAP

The Environmental Protection Agency has released the "It's My Environment" video compilation. The EPA had challenged the public to show a simple environmental action in a short video, and it received nearly 100 entries. Watch how people of every age do their part to protect the environment, and then send the EPA your clip!
 

An Earth Day message from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson

Posted Mon, 2010/04/26 - 11:07am by RCAP

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator LIsa Jackson recorded a video message for Earth Day:

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Video on the effects of unclean water

Posted Mon, 2010/04/26 - 9:51am by RCAP

GOODMagazine released this video for World Water Day (March 22) that shows the ripple effects (pun intended) of unclean drinking water. The consequences of unclean water are most severe in developing countries, where poverty, lack of education, poor living conditions and other conditions are often caused by or exacerbated by unclean sources of water. Although the United States is a developed country, unclean water still has some of the effects that are shown in this video.

 

Two more new WARN fact sheets

Posted Tue, 2010/04/20 - 4:21pm by RCAP

Two new fact sheets on WARN – Water/Wastewater Agency Response Networks – are available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They provide background on WARN and describe their benefits to state primacy agencies and wastewater systems.
 
The fact sheets are an ideal resource for increasing WARN membership by assisting with WARN outreach efforts.

EPA releases water-quality scorecard

Posted Tue, 2010/04/20 - 4:19pm by RCAP

EPA is releasing a first-of-its-kind water-quality scorecard that will help communities in rural, suburban and urban settings incorporate green infrastructure practices to protect local water quality and improve both the built and natural environment.
 
The Water Quality Scorecard was developed to help local governments identify opportunities to remove barriers and revise and create codes, ordinances and incentives to better protect water quality.

EPA increases transparency of proposed regulations

Posted Tue, 2010/04/20 - 4:18pm by RCAP

WASHINGTON (EPA)–The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new website giving the public additional opportunities to participate in the agency’s rulemaking process, part of President Barack Obama’s desire to provide a more transparent and open government.
 
The Rulemaking Gateway serves as a portal to EPA’s priority rules, providing citizens with earlier and more concise information about agency regulations.