In order to maintain daily operations and patient-care services, health care facilities need to develop an emergency water-supply plan (EWSP) to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a total or partial interruption of the facilities’ normal water supply. Water-supply…
read moreThe EPA's Water Security Division just released a new document to assist drinking water and wastewater utilities in developing multi-year training and exercise plans. T & E plans are useful for tracking progress and increasing preparedness capabilities at water utilities.…
read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW) has released its 2010 annual report titled “Sustainable Communities, Healthy Watersheds.” Sustainable communities and healthy watersheds are two major themes for EPA's national water program.The report contains…
read moreResidents of Boulder and Denver, Colo., can tune in to KGNU 88.5 FM or 1390 AM on Thursday, June 30 at 9:00 a.m. Mountain time for a 30-minute segment related to water and wastewater certification. Residents of other parts of…
read moreHere's a fun science piece from NPR's "sciency blog":It begins:"Water feels good when we're thirsty, cools us when we're hot, looks great in a pond, a lake, a cloud. Because we ourselves are two-thirds water, we like the stuff, we're…
read moreAgency to conduct field work in various regions of the country starting this summerWASHINGTON (EPA) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, in keeping with the administration’s focus to ensure that the agency leverages domestic resources safely and responsibly,…
read moreThe June 20 Washington Post carried this article that begins:"When congressional Republicans cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget 16 percent as part of a deal with President Obama in April to keep the government running, they hailed it as a…
read moreOn June 10, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Ken Kopocis to the position of Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).RCAP receives an annual grant from EPA, which makes up part…
read moreThe June 12, 2011, Washington Post Magazine featured a brief personal profile of EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. She explains in her own words in the magazine's weekly "First Person Singular" column how she developed her affinity for science and the…
read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering a webcast titled “Introduction to the National Pretreatment Program,” on Thursday, June 30, 2011, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The webcast is designed to provide a brief overview of the…
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