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Two EPA webinars on arsenic in drinking water

Posted Fri, 2012/03/16 - 10:45am by RCAP

The U.S. EPA will continue its exploration of compliance and affordability issues pertaining to the arsenic in drinking water regulation with two additional webinars.

ProPublica: Years after evidence of fracking contamination, EPA to supply drinking water to homes in Pa. town

Posted Wed, 2012/01/25 - 12:45pm by RCAP

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Jan. 20, 2012, 2:58 p.m.

First, the earth around the rural town of Dimock, Pa., was cracked open as gas drillers used fracking to tap the vast energy supplies of the Marcellus Shale.

Then, in April 2009, residents there lost their access to fresh drinking water. Wells turned fetid. Some blew up. Tap water caught fire.

EPA and USDA create partnership to improve drinking water systems and develop workforce in rural communities

Posted Wed, 2011/08/24 - 3:18pm by RCAP

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)  announced Aug. 8 a national partnership to protect Americans’ health by improving rural drinking water and wastewater systems. Nationwide, small water and sewage treatment facilities with limited funding and resources face challenges due to rising costs and aging equipment and pipes.