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EPA announces schedule to develop natural gas wastewater standards

Posted Wed, 2011/11/02 - 11:17am by RCAP

Announcement is part of administration’s priority to ensure natural gas development continues safely and responsibly

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a schedule to develop standards for wastewater discharges produced by natural gas extraction from underground coalbed and shale formations.

Gates foundation launches effort to reinvent the toilet

Posted Wed, 2011/07/20 - 10:48am by RCAP

New strategy promotes adoption of safe, affordable sanitation in the developing world

KIGALI, Rwanda -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced July 19 the launch of a strategy to help bring safe, clean sanitation services to millions of poor people in the developing world.

Funding gives Colonia residents new hope for wastewater system

Posted Thu, 2011/04/28 - 1:07pm by Travis Mitchell

An outpouring of state and federal funding and assistance from the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) has one small Arizona community on the road to realizing its goal of improving a failing sewer system.