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New water-security resources from EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recently released two new water-security products:

Webinar - Pandemic Influenza Planning and Preparedness: Lessons Learned for the Water Sector

UPI: U.N. says American Indians lack water

Published: March. 7, 2011 at 9:14 AM

UNITED NATIONS, March 7 (UPI) -- More than 10 percent of the American Indian population doesn't have access to clean drinking water or safe wastewater disposal, a U.N. official said.

Catarina de Albuquerque, a Portuguese lawyer contracted by the United Nations to examine safe drinking water and sanitation, called on the U.S. government to do more to level the playing field for waste and water.