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Water Headlines for May 17, 2007Benjamin 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:
EPA Pours $3.2 Million into WatershedsSix finalists are eligible to apply for $3.2 million from EPA's Targeted Watersheds Grants to provide support to watershed organizations throughout the nation. These capacity-building grants will range from $300,000 to $800,000 each. They are awarded to organizations that promote the growth and development of local watershed partnerships through training and technical assistance. "These targeted grants reflect the administration's commitment to community-based, cooperative conservation and will grow grassroots partnerships for clean and healthy watersheds across America," said Assistant Administrator for Water Benjamin H. Grumbles. This year, two finalists have a national focus, and four will support watershed groups in three regions: the Great Plains, arid West and Appalachia. The nationally-focused projects will offer training to up-and-coming watershed organization leaders, create a community of capacity-builders to help the watershed community grow and develop a clearinghouse to provide direct assistance to watershed organizations. The finalists for national projects are:
The finalists for regionally focused projects are:
Targeted Watersheds Grants encourage protection and restoration of the nation’s watersheds. Watershed health is important to providing clean water where Americans live, work and play. Since 2003, more than $40 million has been provided through EPA Targeted Watersheds Grants. This is the second time that capacity building grants have been awarded. Targeted Watersheds implementation grants for local projects will be awarded later this year. Targeted Watersheds Grants information: http://www.epa.gov/twg/capacity.html Final Simultaneous Compliance Guidance Manual for Long Term 2 and Stage 2 DBP RulesEPA has released the final "Simultaneous Compliance Guidance Manual for Long Term 2 and Stage 2 DBP Rules." This guidance manual discusses the issues that systems will face as they evaluate and implement changes necessary to comply with the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproduct Rule and the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, while still being required to comply with earlier rules such as the Total Coliform Rule and Lead and Copper Rule. Some of the changes that systems may make can have compliance or operational consequences if not properly designed, implemented, and monitored. This manual builds on a similar manual developed for the Stage 1 DBP rule, incorporating new research and case studies, and is presented in a more user-friendly manner. EPA developed this guidance manual to provide systems and states with information on operational and capital changes and approaches to enable systems to evaluate different compliance strategies and technologies. The manual is available on the EPA Website at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/disinfection/stage2/compliance.html. Hard copies will also be available through the Water Resource Center (telephone 202-566-1729). Water Quality Standards Academy: Basic CourseThe Office of Science and Technology presented the Water Quality Standards Academy: Basic Course last week at the FDIC Seidman Center in Arlington, VA. The course is a comprehensive and highly structured course that introduces students to all aspects of the Water Quality Standards program, and is designed for those with less than 6 months experience with standards and criteria. There was standing-room only, as more than 80 participants representing EPA HQ and Regions, States, 11 Tribes, Guam, and the Virgin Islands were in attendance. Several federal agencies, counties and municipalities, non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, and many other regulated and environmental communities were also represented. For further information on the Water Quality Standards Academy, please go to http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/academy.html or contact Tom Gardner at 202-566-0386 or Bryan "Ibrahim" Goodwin at 202-566-0762. WaterSense FactoidThe amount of water leaking from plumbing fixtures in U.S. homes could exceed more than 1 trillion gallons a year. Water leaked still requires electricity to pump, supply and treat it, but it’s not being used beneficially - that’s a real waste of energy resources! If one out of every ten American homes addressed their leaky plumbing fixtures, not only would it save lots of water but it could also save more than 400 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, avoiding approximately 315,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions - that's equivalent to taking nearly 55,000 cars off the road. Check http://www.epa.gov/watersense for more information. 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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