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EPA to provide technical assistance on sustainable growth and development

Posted Mon, 2010/10/25 - 3:10pm by RCAP

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has chosen eight communities to receive technical assistance on sustainable growth and development issues. The assistance will help local governments address infrastructure constraints, protect water quality, set development standards, and create options for housing and transportation.

Information on innovative and emerging energy-conservation measures to help wastewater utilities reduce energy consumption

Posted Mon, 2010/10/18 - 11:07am by RCAP

As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) commitment to expanding cost saving, energy conservation, and efficiency programs, it is releasing a new technical document to assist municipal utility owners and operators in finding information on cost-effective energy-management and energy-conservation measures and technologies to reduce total energy usage at their wastewater treatment facilities.

EPA lays out five-year plan on agency priorities

Posted Wed, 2010/10/13 - 9:40am by RCAP

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its fiscal year (FY) 2011 to 2015 strategic plan, which provides a blueprint for advancing EPA’s mission and Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s priorities.