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Hexavalent chromium monitoring guidance issued by EPA

WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 11, 2011 -- EPA has issued guidance recommending how public water systems might enhance monitoring and sampling programs specifically for hexavalent chromium...

NSF approves Actaris single-jet water meters

Actaris announces NSF approval of their residential single jet water meters to complete the Flostar product line. Actaris, an Itron Company, now offers a full NSF-61 approved single jet water meter...

Safe Drinking Water Act wall chart now available

Updated and revised rules, along with secondary standards designed to address aesthetic properties of drinking water, are all part of the 12th edition of HDR's Safe Drinking Water Act wall chart. H...

Colorado water utility receives national recognition

Clifton Water District's Charles A. Strain Water Treatment Plant in Clifton, Colorado, has received the "Directors Award of Recognition" from the Partnership for Safe Water, a national volunteer in...

GE membranes selected for retrofit, expansion of municipal drinking water plant

GE's ecomagination-certified ZeeWeed advanced membrane technology has been selected for a 100.4 million gallons per day (MGD) (380 ML/d) retrofit and expansion of the Lorne Park Water Treatment Pla...

EPA recognizes water efficiency leaders

EPA is recognizing six winners of the 2007 Water Efficiency Leader (WEL) awards for their efforts in reducing, reusing and recycling water. Winners were chosen by a panel of national water experts ...

EPA Action: EPA invites public comment on Northern Gulf of Mexico action plan

Also in this report: Proposed Consent Decree lodged in S. Carolina; Intent to prepare Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Notice of public workshop; Proposed Consent Decree lodged in Louisiana; N...

Chronicles Group, western water leaders present PBS documentary

Nearly every state in the American Southwest is affected by a water crisis and is struggling with record dry conditions. In an effort to raise awareness, The Chronicles Group with support from gran...

Law firm outraged by water contamination in western North Carolina

Residents in the small town of Peachtree in Cherokee County have been warned not to drink, shower or wash their clothes in the water from their wells. Recent groundwater testing in the area detecte...

EPA Action: EPA, Navajo Nation inspect 40 underground tanks on tribal lands

Also in this report: Public comment period for proposed Clean Water Act Consent Decree; EPA adds 7 sites, proposes 12, to Superfund list; EPA orders egg farm to cease discharge of pollutants; EPA o...