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Water Headlines for May 25, 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 Offers An $8 Million Grant to Provide Environmental Assistance For Livestock OperatorsEPA is seeking applications for a $7.9 million grant to provide technical assistance to livestock operators, including animal feeding operations, for the prevention of discharges to water and reduction of air emissions. "These funds support the Bush Administration’s commitment to cooperative conservation and environmental stewardship in the agricultural community," said Assistant Administrator for Water Benjamin H. Grumbles. The grant recipient will provide livestock operations with two types of technical assistance at no cost to the operator: (1) comprehensive assessments of water and air quality environmental challenges and recommendations for strategies to mitigate these challenges; and (2) development or review of the facility’s nutrient management plan, which specifies the amount of manure that can be applied to crops so the potential for runoff to waterbodies is minimized. All livestock operations in the United States are eligible to receive assistance from the grant recipient. There are an estimated 1.3 million farms holding livestock in the United States. Approximately 238,000 of these farms are considered animal feeding operations. These operations generate more than 500 million tons of animal waste annually and, as a consequence, face the challenge of how best to manage these wastes in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts on the environment. This project will assist livestock operations by ensuring that farmers are aware of environmental impacts from their facilities and understand how best to address them. The deadline for grant applications is July 9, 2007. Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program Course in Atlanta, GAThe Watershed and Water Quality Modeling Technical Support Center is offering an introductory course in water quality modeling featuring the Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP). The course will be offered July 23-27, 2007 in Atlanta, GA. The course is free of charge and is on a first come first serve basis. For additional information or to register for the workshop please contact Tim Wool at 404-562-9260 or wool.tim@epa.gov. More information on the workshop and the WASP model can be found at www.epa.gov/athens WaterSense DropletBy using irrigation professionals who have partnered with WaterSense to perform regular maintenance and audits, homeowners with landscape irrigation systems can have the same beautiful yard while reducing their water use by 15 percent or about 9,000 gallons annually. That’s equal to the amount of water that would flow from a garden hose non-stop for nearly a whole day. To find more information or to find an WaterSense irrigation partner near you, visit our website www.epa.gov/watersense or www.epa.gov/watersense/pp/irrprof.htm 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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