The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing up to $600,000 in training and technical assistance to help water utilities in more than...
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News Briefs: California Approves $7.5 Billion Water Bond
On Nov. 4, California voters approved Proposition 1, a $7.5 billion water bond that Gov. Jerry Brown had promoted as a way...
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Ebola Webinar Answers Wastewater Questions
Much remains unknown about Ebola and the risks it may pose for wastewater treatment plant operators. In the meantime, operators can take...
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AWWA Webinar to Focus on Ebola Precautions for Water and Wastewater Personnel
With Ebola protocols developing almost daily in the public health sector, the American Water Works Association will offer a timely webinar focusing...
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California Receives $183 Million to Improve Water Quality, Infrastructure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced more than $183 million in funding to invest in California for statewide...
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EPA Awards $569 Million to Hurricane Sandy States
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $340 million to the State of New York and $229 million to the State of...
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Local Government Advisory Committee Discusses Water Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency's Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) held a workgroup meeting recently in Worcester, Mass. to provide input and feedback...
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Should Microcystin be Micromanaged?
Algae blooms, microcystin, do-not-drink bans, toxins. Those buzzwords have floated across the lips of many municipal leaders this summer, especially after a...
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$8 Million Awarded to Drinking Water Innovation Centers
On Sept. 9, the U.S. EPA announced its continued commitment to improving America’s drinking water by providing more than $8 million to...
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Targets Algal Blooms
On Sept. 3, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy announced that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) will provide almost $12...
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Lowell Wastewater Utility Hosts Summer Youth Program
Five area youths spent the summer learning about critical environmental protection techniques at the Lowell (Mass.) Regional Wastewater Utility, thanks to EPA...
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Toledo Lifts Drinking Water Ban After Mycrocystin Scare
Officials lifted a ban on Toledo, Ohio, drinking water Monday morning after test results consistently showed “nondetectable” levels of mycrocystin, a neurotoxin...
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Wastewater Treatment Technology Added to Landfill Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that an additional treatment technology will be added to the existing treatment plant at the...
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EPA To Grant $27.5 Million for 2014 Great Lakes Restoration Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a request for applications, soliciting proposals from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for...










