Rural Community Assistance Partnership

Practical solutions for improving rural communities

May 2011

Privacy Policy

Posted Wed, 2011/05/25 - 6:02pm by MelissaJones

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Thank you for visiting our website and reviewing our privacy statement. This website, www.rcap.org (“site”), is operated on behalf of the Rural Community Assistance Partnership and its member organizations (“RCAP,” “we,” “us” and “our”). Your privacy is important to us. It is our policy to protect your personal Information (as defined below) and to use it in accordance with this privacy statement. This privacy statement covers only privacy practices involving information we collect online.

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Financial Assistance

Posted Wed, 2011/05/25 - 10:40am by RCAP

Does your community need financial assistance for its water or wastewater system?

The Rural Community Assistance Partnership is primarily a provider of technical and managerial assistance. However, RCAP and its regional affiliates have small amounts of funds available as loans to small community systems as another form of assistance it can provide.

Five cities named finalists in U.S. Conference of Mayors Tap Water Taste Competition

Posted Tue, 2011/05/24 - 10:48am by RCAP

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five cities were selected today as finalists in The U.S. Conference of Mayors 2011 Best Tasting City Water in America contest following the preliminary round of competition held at the USCM headquarters in Washington, D.C. The five cities are: Albany, N.Y.; Denton, Texas; Racine, Wisc.; Rochester, N.Y.; and, Pembroke Pines, Fla.

Ask the Expert

Posted Mon, 2011/05/23 - 12:21pm by RCAP

Drinking water and wastewater guides - drafts

Posted Fri, 2011/05/20 - 4:15pm by RCAP

Drinking water guide

Wastewater guide

Des Moines Register: Ag boom misses small towns

Posted Fri, 2011/05/20 - 9:12am by RCAP

Aside from some scattered bright spots, the biggest boom in farmland prices in 30 years has done little to reverse the gradual decline of small towns across Iowa. The same is true in agricultural communities across the country, according to scholars who track rural economies.

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EPA releases report highlighting role of state revolving funds in implementing ARRA

Posted Fri, 2011/05/20 - 8:47am by RCAP

EPA has released a report highlighting the important role of the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) in implementing the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Together, the SRFs executed more than 3,200 assistance agreements worth more than $5.6 billion for clean water and drinking water projects.

EPA releases searchable website for drinking water violations

Posted Fri, 2011/05/20 - 8:44am by RCAP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced improvements to the availability and usability of drinking water data in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) tool. ECHO now allows the public to search to see whether drinking water in their community met the standards required under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which is designed to safeguard the nation’s drinking water and protect people’s health. SDWA requires states to report drinking water information periodically to EPA.