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Water Headlines for January 07, 2008Benjamin H. Grumbles Water Headlines is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water. In This Week’s Water Headlines:
"Ask EPA" Session on Water EfficiencyOn January 31 from 2pm to 3pm EST, Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, will discuss online during an "Ask EPA" Q&A session how using water more efficiently can help save you money and protect the environment. Questions can be submitted beginning January 29 until the session ends on January 31. For more information visit the EPA homepage at http://www.epa.gov. January 16th Webcast on Decentralized Wastewater SystemsEPA's Watershed Academy sponsors free monthly webcasts for watershed practitioners from around the globe. On Wed., Jan. 16, 2008, presenters will discuss The Wastewater Information System Tool (TWIST), a Microsoft Access based information management system developed for US EPA to help communities inventory and manage decentralized (i.e., individual and clustered) wastewater systems. The webcast will provide an introduction on how to use TWIST, an overview of watershed and water quality issues related to wastewater management, discuss treatment system options and management, and address the need for inventory systems such as TWIST. Finally, the webcast will also provide information on other tools for small communities and decentralized system users.
You must register in advance to participate in the webcast. To register, visit http://www.clu-in.org/live Water Efficiency at the U.S. Air Force AcademyUnder Executive Order 13423, which was signed in 2007, all federal agencies are required to improve water efficiency by 16 percent by the end of 2015. The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado serves as an example of what can be accomplished. Their facilities have reduced water consumption by 36 percent since 2000, and were projected to further reduce usage by 41 percent by the end of 2007. They have implemented a comprehensive set of best management practices such as processing wastewater for reuse for irrigation, using water efficient landscaping, installing water efficient bathroom fixtures, and educating their members about water efficiency. They are focusing on best management practices that have a simple payback of 10 years or less, and they are active in the local utility's 5-year conservation plan. Subscribe to Water HeadlinesPlease forward this message to your friends and colleagues who share an interest in water-related issues and would like to hear from EPA’s Office of Water. To subscribe to the Water Headlines listserve: Send an email message, leave the subject line blank, and address it to: In the body of the message write: Subscribe Water Headlines first name last name (Please leave one blank space between each word, do not include any other message, and use your actual name- i.e. Subscribe Water Headlines Robert Jones)
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