Tag: State Drinking Water Programs
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States and WARNs Highlights Fact Sheet Now Available
ASDWA and EPA’s Water Security Division have just brought to a close their three-phase collaborative partnership examining state drinking water programs’ relationship with state WARNs. The State WARN Perspectives Highlights fact sheet has just been posted on the EPA-WSD web page dedicated to Emergency/Incident Planning, Response and Recovery. The document, part of the larger “States…
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Update on Climate Ready Water Utility Activities
EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative provides tools and resources to help drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities address climate change impacts. The following updates on several of the CRWU tools and activities should be of interest to state drinking water programs. Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) Version 3.0: CREAT allows users…
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Quarterly Highlights of the USGS Cooperative Water Program
USGS’s Cooperative Water Program conducts numerous activities and studies that provide valuable technical resources for state drinking water programs. In their current “Highlights”, USGS covers water related topics from across the country. There is information on real time monitoring for nitrate and other contaminants plus more data on nutrients and their impact. Groundwater information includes…
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Fluoride Legislation User Information Database
The Fluoride Legislative User Information Database (FLUID) is a comprehensive database containing legal decisions by U.S. courts and current information on federal, state and local policies regarding community water fluoridation. It can be a resource for state drinking water programs as they deal with local fluoride controversies. Often claims are made about the status of fluoridation in other localities. In such…