See AEA's 2008 Wave Awards
for
Community Outreach
Liquid Assets The
Story of Water Infrastructure will begin airing October
1 on a public
television station near you. The 90 minute, $1 million
documentary project produced by Penn State Public
Broadcasting highlights the current state of our
nation’s essential water, wastewater and stormwater
infrastructure. You can help maximize viewership for
Liquid Assets by contacting your local PBS station to
encourage them to run it during popular programming
hours. Click here to see a list of stations that have
committed to running the program as of 9/12.
(posted 10/7/08)
Clean Water Raingers- Color
Book for Kids:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/seeds/cwrcb01.htm
Report Advocates Use of Tap Water
(posted 7/10/07)
Choosing tap water over bottled water
is better for consumers’ health, their
pocketbooks, and the environment,
according to a new report released June
28 by Food & Water Watch, a citizen
advocacy group dedicated to stopping the
corporate control of food and water.
The report,
Take
Back the Tap, is being
released on the heals of a San Francisco
executive order banning the use of city
funds for bottled water and a U.S.
Conference of Mayors resolution to study
problems with bottled water
consumption. Click
here for further information.
New Television
Special Called "After the Storm"
Co-Produced by EPA and
The Weather Channel
New 1/2 hour television program about
watersheds
co-produced by EPA and The Weather Channel premiered on
Feb. 4, 2004. VHS copies of this program are available
from EPA at no charge.
The brochure provides tips on
preventing runoff from residential and commercial
properties, farms, construction sites, automotive
facilities, forestry operations, and others.
Click on the
link for more details.
http://www.epa.gov/weatherchannel/
EPA Releases
Watershed Handbook
EPA's Office of Water announced on January 6 the
availability of hard copies of the draft Handbook for
Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our
Waters. The guide is aimed toward communities, watershed
groups, and local, state, tribal, and federal
environmental agencies. The 414-page handbook is
designed to take the user through each step of the
watershed planning process and is more specific than
other guides about quantifying existing pollutant loads,
developing estimates of the load reductions required to
meet water-quality standards, developing effective
management measures, and tracking progress once the plan
is implemented. EPA is accepting comments on the draft
handbook, available online at
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/watershed_handbook, by
June 30.
Information About
My Home
Authority
For local information about your authority please
click
on this link which will take you to
a map. Click on
your county and then find the authority near you. They
probably have a web site with all sorts of information.
