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An interview with the manager of the Las Vegas Water District on the challenges of providing clean water

Posted Tue, 2012/10/16 - 5:07pm by RCAP

Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Las Vegas Water District, says that Las Vegas hotels are some of the most water-efficient buildings in southern Nevada. Yes she says this about, Las Vegas, the place where visitors gape at how much water is used by the Bellagio fountains and the Ventian canal.

Circle of Blue talked with Mulroy about the city's journey and the future of U.S. water policy in an interesting interview.

An EPA administrator writes that clean water is environmental justice

Posted Tue, 2012/10/16 - 4:34pm by RCAP

Nancy Stoner, acting Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Water, has blogged about the connection between environmental justice and clean water. In the blog post, Stoner acknowledges the importance of access to safe water for communities, the role of partnerships to revitalize communities while securing cleaner water, and the opportunity to expand the conversation on environmental justice.

Read the blog post

How much "invisible" water do we consume every day?

Posted Wed, 2012/09/26 - 9:39am by RCAP

Here's a fun an interative website that shows that we actually consume large amounts of "invisible" or virtual water in the food we consume.

Go to the site

Note: This site was created by Europeans, and so units are provided in metric measurements. As a rule of thumb, there are roughly 4 liters in a gallon (the exact conversion is 1 U.S. gallon of liquid = 3.8 liters)