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EPA webinar on “How’s My Waterway? and other water-quality apps"

Posted Tue, 2012/11/20 - 4:39pm by RCAP

Join EPA for a free Watershed Academy webinar entitled “How’s My Waterway? and Other Water Quality Apps”on Nov. 28,  2012 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST.  These new apps have great potential to let users quickly learn about waterways anywhere.

Updated data now available through EPA's Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Data Access Tool

Posted Thu, 2012/11/15 - 5:42pm by RCAP

EPA has added updated data in the Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Data Access Tool (NPDAT), a tool intended to help states develop effective nitrogen and phosphorus source-reduction strategies. Specifically, the updates include the Facilities Likely to Discharge Nitrogen/Phosphorus (N/P) to Water data layer, which now provides information on nitrogen and phosphorus discharges from 2010 facility monitoring reports with corresponding nitrogen and phosphorus limits from EPA's Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool.

EPA releases Effective Utility Management and Lean Resource Guide for Water-Sector Utilities

Posted Thu, 2012/11/15 - 5:01pm by RCAP

EPA has developed a Resource Guide to Effective Utility Management and Lean based on input and examples from several utilities. The guide explains how utilities can use these two important and complementary approaches to reduce waste and improve overall efficiency and effectiveness. Effective utility management provides a common management framework to help water and wastewater systems build and sustain the technical, managerial and financial capacity needed to ensure sustainable operations.