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Video highlights a utility's use of Clean Water State Revolving Fund to invest in water recycling and reuse

Posted Fri, 2012/09/07 - 9:33am by RCAP

EPA has made available online a video highlighting the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, a regional wastewater service provider and distributor of wholesale and recycled water in California, which used the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) Program to conserve water and reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions.

Check Up Program for Small Systems (CUPSS) Train-the-Trainer webinar series

Posted Fri, 2012/08/31 - 10:19am by RCAP

This 6-hour presentation will consist of comprehensive training on how to use the CUPSS asset management software. It will closely follow the CUPSS Users Guide; an overview of each module (with screenshots) followed by exercises on how to use the module. To participate in this training, users will be asked to log in from their own computer. Users can begin their asset management process through this training or they can follow the presenter's hypothetical scenario. The EPA sponsored web-based conference delivery will be separated into three 2-hour sessions.

Circle of Blue: Federal Water Mandates Blowing a Hole in Municipal Budgets, Local Leaders Say

Posted Fri, 2012/08/31 - 10:13am by RCAP

Local government officials and utility leaders ask U.S. Congress to invest in water projects and to provide regulatory flexibility. The framework is part of a broader debate about how to balance ecosystems, public health and financial constraints, in this, the 40th year of the Clean Water Act.

 

An Aug. 23 article on the Circle of Blue website begins: