This 6-hour presentation will consist of comprehensive training on how to use the CUPSS asset-management software. It will closely follow the CUPSS Users Guide; an overview of each module (with screenshots) followed by exercises on how to use the module. To participate in this training, users will be asked to log in from their own computer. Users can begin their asset-management process through this training, or they can follow the presenter's hypothetical scenario. The EPA sponsored web-based conference delivery will be separated into three 2-hour sessions.

The Adaptation Strategies Guide for Water Utilities is now available on EPA’s website. The guide was developed under EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities initiative to assist drinking water and wastewater utilities in gaining a better understanding of what climate change-related impacts they may face in their region and what adaptation strategies can be used to prepare their system for those impacts.  The guide contains easy-to-understand climate science and information, utility adaptation case studies, as well as an adaptation planning worksheet.

Join EPA for a free Watershed Academy webcast, “History and Evolution of the Clean Water Act,” on March 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. EDT.  The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, and 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the 1972 amendments to this landmark environmental law.