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Clean Water Act

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:

How the state and federal governments run up against dying small towns

Posted Wed, 2012/07/25 - 5:09pm by RCAP

Soundwaves, the online home of CNN Radio, profiles a small Iowa town and its struggle to meet the requirements from the state and federal government for clean water. Yet the town's population is aging and decreasing, so how will the town afford an expensive new sewer system? Will the town still be there in 40 years, which is when its loan for the sewer system is due to be paid off.

 

EPA webcast: “Using the Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund for Nonpoint Source and National Estuary Projects”

Posted Fri, 2012/04/06 - 4:03pm by RCAP

Join EPA for a free Watershed Academy Webcast titled "Using the Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund for Nonpoint Source and National Estuary Projects” on April 17, 2012, 1-3 p.m.