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Webcast series for water and wastewater utilities

Posted Tue, 2012/05/08 - 9:01am by RCAP

EPA has scheduled the first in a series of webcasts built around the core elements of its February 2012 handbook, “Planning for Sustainability: A Handbook for Water and Wastewater Utilities.” Effective planning is essential for utilities to sustainably manage their operations and ensure that water infrastructure investments are cost-effective over their life-cycle, resource-efficient, and support other relevant community sustainability goals.

Human health benchmarks for pesticides in water published

Posted Tue, 2012/04/17 - 11:24am by RCAP

EPA has published a table of human health benchmarks for approximately 350 pesticides to enable states, water systems and the public to better determine whether the detection of a pesticide in drinking water or source waters for drinking water may indicate a potential health risk. Advanced testing methods now allow pesticides to be detected in water at very low levels. These small amounts of pesticides detected in drinking water or source water for drinking water do not necessarily indicate a health risk.

Washington Post: 5 myths about water

Posted Thu, 2012/04/12 - 8:32pm by RCAP

In the April 8 Washington Post column on "5 Myths," the paper addresses water: