public water News
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20 years of SIWI research re-launched online!
Over the last 20 years, SIWI has produced a wide range of publications in the field of global water issues. Now you can find them all ONLINE HERE. This section of the SIWI web was recently re-launched with a new appearance and improved search functionality so that you can easily find any publications in your field of interest. Do you wish to read more about a specific topic such as IWRM, ...
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Water Groups urge house appropriations subcommittee on interior, environment, and related agencies to reject the proposed reductions to the CWSRF and DWSRF in the President’s FY14 Budget Request
The American Public Works Association, American Water Works Association, Association of Clean Water Administrators, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, Council on Infrastructure Financing Authorities, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, and Water Environment Federation submitted joint testimony on Thursday to the House ...
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Latest summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water in Wyoming (UT)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 issued 10 administrative orders under the Safe Drinking Water Act in Wyoming from October 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010. EPA issues an administrative order when a public water system violates the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and its regulations. An administrative order requires the public water system to comply with the drinking water ...
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EPA seeks comment on decision to regulate strontium
The US Environmental Protection Agency seeks comment by December 19 on its preliminary determination to regulate strontium and not to regulate four other contaminants on the third Contaminant Candidate List (CCL3). As published in the October 20 Federal Register, the agency's preliminary regulatory determination for the CCL3 list, which included 116 unregulated contaminants, also seeks comment ...
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Boil order lifted in Macy, Neb.
EPA Region 7 has directed the Omaha Macy Public Water System, located on the Omaha Tribe Reservation in Thurston County, Neb., to lift a boil order in Macy, Neb., which had been in effect since July 13, 2010. Water sampling results have shown adequate levels of chlorination protection and the absence of disease-causing bacteria sufficient for EPA to advise the public water supply to lift the ...
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OGCbuying.solutions Appoints ADSM to Cut Public Sector Water Bill
Untitled Document OGCbuying.solutions, an executive agency of HM Treasury, has recently awarded British-owned company Advanced Demand Side Management plc a framework agreement to reduce the public sector water bill over the next four years. The contract was awarded after OGCbuying.solutions undertook a vigorous competitive tendering exercise in the EU. ...
By ADSM plc
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Joint Statement by Commissioners Potočnik and Barnier on privatisation of water services
In reaction to recent media reports, the European Commission would like to state clearly that it does not have a policy of forcing Member States to privatise water services. The Commission recognizes that water is a public good which is vital to citizens and that the management of water resources is a matter for Member States. The Commission has a neutral position on the public or private ...
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NACWA Applauds Confirmation of Radhika Fox as Assistant Administrator for U.S. EPA Office of Water
On Wednesday, Radhika Fox was confirmed as the newest Assistant Administrator for U.S. EPA’s Office of Water. Ms. Fox has extensive experience leading major policy initiatives in the water sector, having served as the CEO of the U.S. Water Alliance, where she engaged frequently with NACWA, and as the head of government affairs at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, a NACWA ...
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Latest summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water in Wyoming (WY)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 issued one emergency administrative order, 20 administrative orders, and settled seven penalty actions under the Safe Drinking Water Act in Wyoming from April 1 through September 30, 2010. EPA issues an emergency order when there is a potential for imminent and substantial endangerment to public health, such as when contaminants have been ...
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EPA Helps Protect New Mexico’s most Irreplaceable Resource—Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is helping to protect drinking water in New Mexico with a grant to the New Mexico Environment Department. The $605,300 grant will go toward implementing, maintaining and evaluating water systems in the state. Millions of Americans receive drinking water every day from their public water systems. EPA works with states and other organizations to ...
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Santander selected to oversee sale of CYII assets
Banco Santander has been awarded the contract to oversee the sale of the non-core assets of Madrid’s public sector water operator Canal Isabel II (CYII), beating bids from consortia led by CaixaBank and GBS, a CYII spokeswoman confirmed to GWI. No timetable has yet been set for the sale, which was agreed by CYII’s board in May 2017 and approved by the company’s municipal ...
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Latest summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water in Montana (MT)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 issued 10 administrative orders and settled 3 penalty actions under the Safe Drinking Water Act against public drinking water systems in Montana from April 1 through September 30, 2010. EPA also issued two emergency administrative orders under the Act in Indian country in Montana. Although the State of Montana is authorized to implement the ...
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Study finds contaminants in California public-water supplies
Nearly one-fifth of the raw groundwater used for public drinking water systems in California contains excessive levels of potentially toxic contaminants, according to a decade-long U.S. Geological Survey study that provides one of the first comprehensive looks at the health of California's public water supply and groundwater. One of the surprises in the study of 11,000 public supply wells ...
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New Research Confirms Local Government Commitment to Improve Water Quality: But the High Cost Begins to Burden Elderly, Poor and Middle Class Households
Today, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) released new research findings that confirm local government investment in public water and wastewater infrastructure and services has reached an all time high in 2010 at $111.4 billion, compared to spending $7 billion in 1972 when the Clean Water Act was passed. Public spending on water and wastewater over the decade 2001 to 2010 was $864 ...
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New EPA guidance addresses Revised Total Coliform Rule
An interim final version of guidance from the US Environmental Protection Agency aims to help public water systems and primacy agencies comply with and implement the assessment and corrective action requirements of the Revised Total Coliform Rule. Under the RTCR, public water systems that are vulnerable to microbial contamination in the distribution system (as indicated by their monitoring ...
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EPA Makes Preliminary Determination to Regulate Strontium in Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made a preliminary determination to regulate strontium in the nation's drinking water. Strontium is a naturally occurring element that, at elevated levels, can impact bone strength in people who do not consume enough calcium. A regulatory determination is a formal decision on whether EPA should initiate a rulemaking process to regulate a specific ...
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California water supplies not looking good for 2016
Public water agencies that serve millions of residents in drought-weary California might only receive 10 percent of expected supplies in 2016 - half the amount that flowed to them this year through the state's massive system of reservoirs and canals, state officials say. However, the early estimate could change, depending on the rain and snow that falls this winter, the state's Department of ...
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Navy Agrees to Fixes to Public Water Supply at DC Military Base
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed a Safe Drinking Water Act administrative consent order with the U.S. Navy, and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) to take corrective action protecting the public water supply at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, a combined Navy-Air Force facility in Washington, D.C. The order requires the Navy and WSSC to submit and implement a plan to ...
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EPA issues final aircraft drinking water rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a final rule to ensure that safe and reliable drinking water is provided to aircraft passengers and crew. The rule provides multiple-barrier protection through requirements for coliform sampling, best management practices, corrective action, public notification, monitoring and operator training. It will better protect the public from illnesses ...
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Man-made chemicals found in drinking water at low levels
Low levels of certain man-made chemicals remain in public water supplies after being treated in selected community water facilities. Water from nine selected rivers, used as a source for public water systems, was analyzed in a study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Most of the man-made chemicals assessed in this study are not required to be monitored, regulated or removed from water ...
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