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EPA software helps reduce water pollution as part of president’s Climate Action Plan

Posted Tue, 2013/08/06 - 3:58pm by RCAP

National stormwater calculator helps manage stormwater runoff

WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released July 24 the National Stormwater Calculator, an innovative addition to the administration’s virtual climate resilience toolkit. EPA’s new calculator will help property owners, developers, landscapers, and urban planners make informed land-use decisions to protect local waterways from pollution caused by stormwater runoff.

EPA proposes rule to modernize Clean Water Act reporting

Posted Tue, 2013/08/06 - 3:52pm by RCAP

E-reporting initiative will increase efficiency, ease burden for states and improve public access to data

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a rule that would modernize Clean Water Act (CWA) reporting processes for hundreds of thousands of municipalities, industries, and other facilities by converting to an electronic data reporting system.

WaterSense helps you understand your water bill

Posted Wed, 2013/06/19 - 3:55pm by RCAP

A new tool from WaterSense, a program of the EPA and its various partners, is a section on its website that helps you have a better understanding of your water bill. It offers a breakdown of some of the most common billing structures, descriptions of units used, and usage trends to make it easier to understand.

Use it to check out last month's bill so you know exactly what you're paying for.

Go to the site