On Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET, EPA will host a webinar on solar energy and water and wastewater utilities. The webinar will detail the process of implementing solar-energy projects in such utilities, the various types of solar technologies available and where they can be most appropriately used, while highlighting innovative funding approaches (including those with no up-front capital requirements) that result in long-term energy cost savings and stability.

WASHINGTON (EPA) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Sept. 6 almost $1.5 million in funding to three universities to develop sustainable drinking water treatment methods.  The research grants are funded through EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. These grants, which supplement last year’s grants to eight other universities, are intended to provide innovative treatment methods to protect people’s health by keeping harmful contaminants out of drinking water.