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Businesses see increased water risk but boardrooms slow to act

Posted Tue, 2012/10/23 - 3:04pm by RCAP

LONDON AND NEW YORK (CDP) -- There is a sharp rise in company reports of detrimental impacts from drought and other water-related issues yet little change in the number of companies with board-level oversight of water strategies and no increase in the number of corporations providing transparent water-related risk assessments to investors.

Webinar: Collaboration In Action! Collaborating to achieve Drinking Water program goals - January 31

Posted Tue, 2012/01/17 - 12:15pm by RCAP

Find out how other states did it and why it was worth it

A webinar sponsored by the State/EPA Program Collaboration Workgroup

January 31, 2012
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Who should attend?
Drinking water program administrators, managersand& staff interested in learning how some states have collaborated to meet program goals.

Presentations:

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.