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Office of Water’s acting Assistant Administrator blogs on clean water infrastructure investment

Posted Tue, 2011/11/01 - 8:57am by RCAP

Acting Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Water, Nancy Stoner, recently posted a blog on her trip to an upgraded Minneapolis, Minn., drinking water treatment plant funded through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.  In the blog, Acting Assistant Administrator Stoner shares her experience visiting the plant and discusses the potential for benefits in cost and energy savings, as well as job growth.

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EPA launches revamped Sustainable Water Infrastructure web pages

Posted Thu, 2011/08/25 - 2:16pm by RCAP

Our communities depend on aging drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure for the health of its people and the vitality of the local economy.  With the release of the Wastewater and Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Policy last fall, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the next step in its efforts to work with the water sector as it moves toward more sustainable practices.  EPA has launched an enhanced set of web pages to provide information and resources for meeting the water infrastructure challenges faced in communities across the country

EPA launches new strategy to promote use of green infrastructure for environmental and economic benefits

Posted Mon, 2011/05/02 - 10:48am by RCAP

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new strategy to promote the use of green infrastructure by cities and towns to reduce stormwater runoff that pollutes our nation’s streams, creeks, rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Green infrastructure decreases pollution to local waterways by treating rain where it falls and keeping polluted stormwater from entering sewer systems.