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September 2010

Tabletop exercise tool for water systems: Emergency preparedness, response, and climate resiliency

Posted Tue, 2010/09/14 - 9:34am by RCAP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed an updated tool to assist utilities and other interested parties in planning and facilitating tabletop exercises that focus on water sector-related issues. Mini-DVD copies are now available. The Tabletop Exercise Tool for Water Systems: Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Climate Resiliency (TTX Tool) includes materials users can modify, allowing them to conduct a tabletop exercise to meet their specific needs.

EPA's National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Climate Ready Water Utilities Working Group meeting to be held

Posted Tue, 2010/09/14 - 9:27am by RCAP

EPA will hold the fifth and final in-person meeting of the Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) Working Group of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) on September 23, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT and September 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT in Alexandria, Va. The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss final changes to the Working Group's report and finalize the document. The meeting is open to the public, and there will be an opportunity for public comment.

EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants awarded

Posted Tue, 2010/09/14 - 9:18am by RCAP

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun to award its competitive grants under President Barack Obama’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is targeting the most significant environmental problems in the region. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson traveled to Toledo, Ohio, and Green Bay, Wisc, Sept. 7 to highlight several local projects that received funding in the first round of grant awards.

Presentations from Ohio RCAP's "Small Towns, Big Futures" conference, Aug. 24-25, 2010

Posted Fri, 2010/09/03 - 9:14am by RCAP

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Research Magazine: Businesses must anticipate 'water poverty'

Posted Thu, 2010/09/02 - 2:06pm by RCAP

Research Magazine features an editorial in a series on consumer trends shaping the world titled "Thirsty Planet." In the editorial, Panoramix Global’s Vickie Abrahamson gets to grips with an impending global water shortage. With water poverty on the rise, companies can’t afford to be seen as wasteful and must take steps to minimise their usage and make a virtue of it, she says.

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