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Water
Latest News and Updates
For information about the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule see http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/web/content/spcc/
Clean Watersheds Project
The Clean Watersheds Project is an interdisciplinary collaborative watershed monitoring project that uses Google Earth Pro to store and share watershed data. The main goal is to empower our community of parents, teachers, students and environmental experts to collect, post, and analyze data about our changing watersheds in an effort to improve the health of our national watersheds.
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Clean Water for All: County Leaders Speak Out for Clean Water
The Conservation Leaders Network recently released a new report, "Clean Water for All: County Leaders Speak Out for Clean Water." This report tells the local stories of water pollution and destruction and the resulting harm and expense to communities.
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Gloucester County, New Jersey, To Build New Water Reuse Plant
Gloucester County is using federal funding and county dollars to install a water reuse plant that will provide all the water needed to keep the Pitman Golf Course green.
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New User Friendly Website for Small Water Supply Operators
Friday, October 23, 2009-- With funding from the Midwest Technology Assistance Center (MTAC), researchers at the Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois have developed a new user friendly website for small water supply operators. The idea behind the site is that many operators either don’t have much web experience or don’t have time to search for things on the web, especially when a search engine can sometimes return thousands of possible hits, so we have done the searching for them. The focus we have taken is What is best for the operator?, meaning how can we make things easier and better for them when they are looking for answers. -- (full text) [University of Illinois]
Economic Recovery Funding for Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund projects have been funded $4 billion for assistance to help communities with water quality and wastewater infrastructure needs and $2 billion for drinking water infrastructure needs. A portion of the funding is targeted towards green infrastructure, water and energy efficiency, and environmentally innovative projects. The Agency is developing grant guidance to assist states in managing the Recovery Act funding. Announcements of grants will be posted on the web to ensure transparency. The state-by-state distributions for clean water and drinking water state revolving funds are also available on-line.
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Pond/Wetland Management Guidebook
EPA just released a new guidebook that describes maintenance and inspection practices for existing wet ponds and wetlands. The guide includes checklists for use during construction and routine maintenance of ponds/wetlands, and also includes a home owner pond inspection checklist. Maintenance profile sheets describe how to address eight different common maintenance issues. The Pond/Wetland Management Guidebook is available at:
http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/pondmgmtguide.pdf
A Drop Reduced, A Drop Saved: Pinellas County Utilities Named Water Efficiency Leaders
Water efficiency is critical to the growing U.S. economy and quality of life. Water Efficiency Leaders are being recognized for their contributions in reducing, reusing and recycling water through leadership, innovation and water saved. This year's winners include Pinellas County. The county is one of the most water-efficient utilities per capita at 89 gallons per person per day (gpd), versus the national average of 100 gpd. Since 1991, per capita efficiency has improved more than 40 percent.
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U.S. EPA applauds Orange County for wastewater purification / Water district's treated sewer water exceeds federal drinking water standards
The Orange County Water District is being awarded the prestigious Water Efficiency Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recognition of the district's leadership in wastewater purification for groundwater replenishment.
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How Healthy Are America's Coasts? EPA's Environmental Assessment Provides Wellness Check-Up
The overall condition of the nation's coastal waters has improved slightly, based on a recently released environmental assessment. The National Coastal Condition Report III (NCCRIII) is the third in a series of environmental assessments of U.S. coastal and Great Lakes waters.
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Issue Summary
Water pollution can hurt our ability to use water in our homes, for recreation, and in commerce. It also harms other forms of life. Local governments can work to protect water in all its forms: on the ground, underground, and coming out of the tap through effective waste water, drinking water, and land use strategies.
Resources
The Healthy Watersheds Web site offers links to a series of resources to help managers educate the public, including EPA's 2003 "Getting in Step: A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns", which presents key principles, techniques and information for effective watershed outreach.
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