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EPA webinar: How a Multi-Year Training and Exercise (T&E) Plan Can Help You

Posted Mon, 2012/08/20 - 9:54am by RCAP

This brief webinar will help you improve your emergency preparedness.

WHO: Drinking water and wastewater utilities interested in learning how to develop a training and exercise plan and how its implementation can help improve their organizations’ emergency preparedness.

WHAT: A webinar that provides information on steps to take when developing a multi-year training and exercise plan and lessons learned from DC Water, which has developed its own plan.

EPA announces final study plan to assess hydraulic fracturing

Posted Tue, 2011/11/08 - 12:45pm by RCAP

Congressionally directed study will evaluate potential impacts on drinking water

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Nov. 3 its final research plan on hydraulic fracturing. At the request of Congress, EPA is working to better understand potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. Natural gas plays a key role in our nation’s clean energy future, and the Obama administration is committed to ensuring that we continue to leverage this vital resource responsibly.

Guidance on how to develop a multi-year training and exercise plan

Posted Thu, 2011/06/30 - 9:25am by RCAP

The EPA's Water Security Division just released a new document to assist drinking water and wastewater utilities in developing multi-year training and exercise plans. T & E plans are useful for tracking progress and increasing preparedness capabilities at water utilities. The document also assists utilities in developing Department of Homeland
Security Exercise and Evaluation Plan (HSEEP) compliant training programs.