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EPA Requests Six Month Extension of Deadline for Decision on Chlorpyrifos Tolerance Revocation
On June 29, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted a status report in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case concerning a petition by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to revoke the tolerances and cancel the registrations for chlorpyrifos. The Court of Appeals issued an order on December 10, 2015, requiring EPA ...
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Safe drinking water needs assessed, says EPA
A recent drinking water needs survey will help EPA determine the distribution formula for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) grants for the fiscal years 2010 through 2013 budgets. The assessment documents anticipated costs for repairs and replacement of transmission and distribution pipes, storage and treatment equipment, and projects that are necessary to deliver safe supplies of ...
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Study Finds Carcinogens in CA Drinking Water
A study of contaminant groups in 2,737 public water systems in California found that the Golden State’s drinking water may cause negative health outcomes. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) study, published in the journal Environmental Health, found that concentrations of contaminants in California public water systems may contribute to approximately 15,500 cancer cases in the state over a ...
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EPA Releases Draft Assessment on the Potential Impacts to Drinking Water Resources from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a draft assessment today on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing activities on drinking water resources in the United States. The assessment, done at the request of Congress, shows that while hydraulic fracturing activities in the U.S. are carried out in a way that have not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water ...
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Monitoring and Efficiency in Smart Cities
In the near future, water sector stakeholders will be facing major challenges, including the ageing of infrastructure and energy and water shortages, among others. To deal with them, ACCIONA is increasingly embracing the concept of smart water. A challenge All stakeholders in the water sector - particularly water infrastructure managers - face major challenges in the coming years. In ...
By ACCIONA S.A
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HPGen awarded prestigious Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label for clean and profitable solutions
HPNow’s patented HPGen solution for the on-site generation of hydrogen peroxide, has received the “Solar Impulse Efficient Solution” Label, rewarding profitable solutions to protect the environment. HPGen is the world’s first and only on-site hydrogen-peroxide generation solution – for safe, environmentally friendly and secure water and wastewater treatment. HPGen ...
By HPNOW
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U.S. EPA Statement on San Juan River Data from Gold King Mine Release
Today, U.S. EPA released additional water quality data from Aug. 7 to Aug. 9, 2015, on the San Juan River between Farmington and Shiprock, New Mexico. The August 7 data was collected for baseline purposes to understand river conditions at the Hogback monitoring location, prior to the impact of the upstream contaminants from the Gold King Mine release To assess the impacts of the release at the ...
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ENSR prepares invasive plant species manual for AWWA research foundation and EPA
ENSR has prepared a new water resources manual that details current strategies for combating the spread of invasive milfoil species in U.S. drinking water supplies. Milfoil refers to species of freshwater aquatic plants which degrade the water quality and ecological habitat in drinking-water reservoirs. ENSR, part of AECOM, is a leading global environmental and water resource management ...
By AECOM
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EPA Updates Rule for Pathogens in Drinking Water, Sets Limit for E. Coli
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated the rule for pathogens in drinking water, including setting a limit for the bacteria E. coli to better protect public health. The Revised Total Coliform Rule ensures that all of the approximately 155,000 public water systems in the United States, which provide drinking water to more than 310 million people, take steps to prevent exposure ...
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EFC announces US$23m in state funding for three Oswego County towns
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) Acting President Matthew Millea today announced interest-free State financing totaling $21 million and a $1.8 million grant for vital water system projects in three towns in Oswego County. Mr. Millea, together with Senator Darrel Aubertine, and Assemblyman Will Barclay, presented ceremonial checks to Town Supervisors David Anderson of ...
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ISO standards to improve quality of water services to consumers
A suite of new ISO standards offers the international community practical tools to address the global challenge of effectively managing limited water resources in order to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation for the world’s population. ISO has just published three standards providing guidelines for service activities relating to drinking water supply systems and wastewater ...
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Webinar: ColiMinder - International case studies on rapid micro techniques
Feel free to watch the recording of the webinar on Royal Society of Biology’s Channel, and learn how experts from Sweden Water Research, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Zurich Waterworks and City of Paris are using the ColiMinder and how they see its benefits and advantages. To see video, please click here Besides hearing the great results from Dr. Oliver Koester’s ...
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Drinking water experts to address contaminants found in water
Drinking water experts will convene at the Sacramento Convention Center, February 5 and 6 for a symposium focused on inorganic contaminants found in water. The Inorganic Contaminants Symposium will feature presentations and seminars led by renowned U.S. and international experts. Topics include: new techniques for treatment and analysis of drinking water, new challenges and risk assessment ...
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North Penn Water Authority receives prestigious award
North Penn Water Authority (NPWA) was honored with the Directors Award for its efforts with the Partnership for Safe Water’s Distribution System Optimization Program at an awards lunch last month during the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Annual Conference and & Exposition held in Philadelphia. NPWA became the first public water utility in Pennsylvania and among the first in ...
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Thermo scientific LIMS: A solution for water and environmental testing laboratories
"A safe and secure supply of drinking water is essential to ensuring public and environmental health in every community US EPA, Investing in a Sustainable Future DWSRF Annual Report The Safe Drinking Water Act empowers the US EPA to specify the legal limits for levels of contaminants in drinking water. The EPA additionally determines the water testing methods and sampling schedules that water ...
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Warwick, Lititz Receive EPA Award for Protecting Waters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today honored two Lancaster County, Pa. communities for protecting sources of drinking water used by more than 20,000 people. EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin presented the agency’s 2012 regional Source Water Protection Award to the Warwick Township Municipal Authority and the Borough of Lititz at a ceremony at the Warwick Municipal Office. ...
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ADB to help improve water management in urban centers of 3 South Asian countries
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping select urban centers in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka improve water management to enhance economic opportunities and reduce waterborne diseases. The project is funded through an $850,000 grant from the Investment Climate Facilitation Fund established by the Government of Japan last year under the Regional Cooperation and Integration Financing Partnership ...
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Groundwater Atlas for pesticides
The recently published Groundwater Atlas for pesticides provides an overview of where and when pesticides have been found in groundwater. The results can be used to improve water quality in the Netherlands. The data will be used by the Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb) to monitor groundwater quality. The Groundwater Atlas was developed between 2015 ...
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NEW from IWA Publishing: Elimination of Micro-organisms by Drinking Water Treatment Processes
IWA Publishing are pleased to announce that the following NEW book title is available to purchase today: ---------- * Elimination of Micro-organisms by Drinking Water Treatment Processes: A Review - Third Edition * Authors: Wim A M Hijnen and Gertjan J Medema IWA Members Price: £ 56.25 / US$ 101.25 / € 75.94 Non Members Price: £ 75.00 / US$ 135.00 / € 101.25 ...
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UNICEF and WHO Warn Lack of Progress on Sanitation MDG Undermines Health Improvements
WHO and Unicef report a lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water; in a compilation of results compared to the Millennium Development Goals. The Joint Monitoring Programme report, Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water: 2015 Update and MDG Assessment, says worldwide, 1 in 3 people, or 2.4 billion, ...
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