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EPA launches Web forum on how to best protect America’s waters

Posted Thu, 2010/03/18 - 12:22pm by RCAP

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public input on how the agency can better protect and improve the health of our waters. For a two- week period, EPA is holding a Web discussion forum on how the nation can better manage some of the most significant water pollution problems facing our nation.

Fix-a-Leak Week offers Texas-sized water savings

Posted Wed, 2010/03/17 - 11:20am by RCAP

Americans can save water and money

 

WASHINGTON (EPA)--Across the country, household leaks are wasting more than 1 trillion gallons of water per year - enough water to supply every home in Texas with its annual water needs. To help consumers save water and money, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working with water utilities, manufacturers, retailers, communities and plumbers to promote its second annual Fix-a-Leak Week, March 15 to 21.

 

New York Times: "Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly"

Posted Mon, 2010/03/15 - 9:45am by RCAP

A front page article in the March 14, 2010, New York Times, "Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly," highlights the enormous needs of water and wastewater systems across the country. While the article concentrates on one city's sewer chief, George S. Hawkins of Washington, D.C., the facts The New York Times is reporting on apply to the needs of municipalities and small, rural water and wastewater systems.