State Affiliate News
EPA Seeks
Advice on Perchlorate in
Drinking Water -
Agency Issues
...
U.S. EPA.gov (press
release) -
Washington,DC,USA
States have the right to
establish and enforce
drinking water
standards, and EPA
encourages
state-specific
situations to be
addressed at the local
level. ...
Congressman Ike Skelton
Urges House to Include
Priorities for Rural
America in Economic
Recovery Bill
Washington, D.C. -
In a letter sent this
morning to the Speaker
of the House,
Congressman Ike Skelton
(D-MO),
urged the House to
include necessary funds
for rural economic
stimulus ...
Boil advisory lifted for
Creston, but remains for
SIRWA
Creston News Advertiser
- Creston,IA,USA
This includes only
people who pay their
water bill directly
to Creston Municipal
Utilities. Southern Iowa
Rural Water
Association (SIRWA)
customers in the ...
Dirty
water causing more
problems for Hardin’s
system
Richmond Daily News -
Richmond,MO,USA
He said that Missouri
Rural Water
recommends that they
flush lines monthly, and
that his department
would set up a schedule
to do so. ...
EPA: test
results show air
quality, drinking
water ok after ash
...
Knoxville, Tennessee -
News, Weather, Sports,
Real Estate & Jobs.
State honors local
water district
Winfield Daily Courier -
Winfield,KS,USA
The Kansas Department of
Health and Environment
will award Cowley County
Rural Water
District No. 4 with the
second annual Capacity
Development Achievement
...
WattHead:
Tests Show Toxic
Water Contamination
After Tennessee
...
By Jesse Jenkins
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA), which
operates the Kingston
coal plant previously
said the spill shouldn’t
cause “any adverse
health effects” unless
people “regularly drink
untreated river water”
downstream from the
plant. ...
Boil order for southern
Iowa may be lifted
KTTC - Rochester,MN,USA
The Iowa Department of
Natural Resources issued
the order for customers
of the Southern Iowa
Rural Water
Association after a
filtration system at a
...
Melting Causes Headache
for Southwest Iowa
Water Treatment
Plant
MSNBC - USA
... from melting
ice and snow in source
lakes. The boil order
affects only Southern
Iowa Rural Water
Association
customers who receive
water treated in
Creston. ...
Atkinson tax rate dips -
Quad Cities Online
In other business,
Trustee Carolyn Jiles
recommended that Bob
Floming, who serves as
Atkinson water
and sewer
superintendent, attend
an Illinois Rural
Water Association-sponsored
class on Jan. 22 in
Aledo. Mrs. Jiles said
there is no ...
Norwalk approves
Identity Theft
Prevention Program
Indianola Record Herald
- Indianola,IA,USA
... all US
utilities to create a
policy by May 1, 2009.
For more information,
visit the Iowa Rural
Water Association
Web site at
www.iowaruralwater.org.
Council boosts budet
authority
Clay Center Dispatch -
Clay Center,KS,USA
30 for an end of the
year meeting, --talked
to Kansas Rural Water
Association
representatives about
training for employees,
benefits of membership,
...
Salazar, Vilsack
nominations give voice
to rural America
Los Angeles Times -
CA,USA
"When I explain that to
people in rural
Colorado," Salazar said,
"people come our way."
Salazar has drawn praise
as a consensus-builder
on water issues.
Busy meeting for Higbee
Board of Aldermen
Moberly Monitor Index -
Moberly,MO,USA
Missouri Rural Water
Association Membership
was voted to be renewed
by a vote of the board.
Higbee has worked
extensively with the
Missouri Rural Water
...
Perfect water
world
Waurika News Democrat -
Waurika,OK,USA
Waurika sells water
to the Township of Ryan
and to Rural Water
District No. 1, and also
has the capability to
make bulk water
available to other
sources. ...
Laredo City Council
Approves Budget
Trenton Republican Times
- Trenton,MO,USA
Other items discussed
include having the
maintenance employee,
Rodney Bethards, attend
a class sponsored by the
Missouri Rural Water
Association on smoke
...
BLM to gather concerns
on wind energy project
today
Reno Gazette Journal -
Reno,NV,USA
Lawson was one of the
original founders of the
Nevada Rural Water
Association and has
actively lobbied for
clean water issues and
funding at the Nevada
...
City may mark $1M to
assist hotel, center
Alexandria Town Talk -
Alexandria,LA,USA
The Rural Water
Association will be
in town July 12-17 and
the LMA's conference is
scheduled Aug. 6-8.
Mayor Jacques Roy opted
not to speak on the
issue, ...
Maine Water Taste Test
Set For Wednesday
WMTW - Auburn,ME,USA
FREEPORT, Maine -- A
drinking water taste
test is the highlight of
Maine Rural Water
Association's annual
conference Wednesday.
...
PITTSFIELD: Water
is deemed clean
Morning Sentinel -
portland,maine,USA
The Maine Rural Water
Association assisted
the town with testing
the water at four
areas in Pittsfield and
found no evidence of
Total Coliform, ...
EPA orders 11 California
public drinking water
systems in ...
U.S. EPA.gov (press
release) -
Washington,DC,USA
The EPA ordered 11
public drinking water
systems in California to
reduce the level of
arsenic in their
drinking water
systems or face
penalties of up to
...
Harnett commissioners
laud outgoing chairman
FayObserver.com -
Fayetteville,NC,USA
Among other milestones,
Harnett’s rural water
and sewer utility system
— the largest in the
state — has been
expanded. What they
said: “I want to thank
you ...
Viewpoint: Keeping the
salt out of surface,
drinking water
South Washington County
Bulletin - Cottage
Grove,MN,USA
In fact, it may seem odd
to talk about water
quality at this time of
year, when our lakes are
buried under a layer of
ice, our swimsuits are
wadded up at ...
Recycled drinking
water gives new
meaning to bottoms up!
Examiner.com - USA
After all, according to
the United Nations,
today, a billion people
worldwide don't have
clean drinking water.
Here in the southwestern
United States, ...
City of Pickens water
bills going up
Greenville News -
Greenville,SC,USA
... in large part
to the water
plant upgrade, a $16.3
million project for
which the council voted
to submit a grant
application to USDA
Rural Development.
...
AT&T agreement will
improve 911 system
El Dorado Times - El
Dorado,KS,USA
In other business, the
commission held a public
hearing for annexation
of Rural Water
District No. 6. The area
was being annexed after
two existing water
...
Industry to Obama:
Prioritize water
issues
Water Technology Online
- Latham,NY,USA
DENVER — The water
industry is calling on
President-elect Barack
Obama to make
drinking water
issues, such as safe
drinking water
standards, source
water ...
D'Antonio: support
omnibus bill
By Laura Paskus(Laura
Paskus)
Important legislation in
the Omnibus bill for New
Mexico includes the
Northwestern New Mexico
Rural Water
Projects Act, which is a
major component of the
State of New Mexico’s
settlement with the
Navajo Nation, and
legislation ...
James Bond movie uses
water rights issues
for backdrop
ABC 4 - Salt Lake
City,USA
Gleick says that even in
the western United
States, there's growing
conflict over
competition for water
resources
between rural
areas and cities.
...
Cleveland County says
water district needs
time
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma
City,OK,USA
BY JENNIFER GRISWOLD
NORMAN — Cleveland
County commissioners
agreed Monday to ask for
an extension on a grant
to help install a
rural water system.
...
PITTSFIELD Water
and sewer rates expected
to increase
Central Maine Morning
Sentinel -
Augusta,ME,USA
Ruth said she will work
with the Maine Rural
Water Association so
"hopefully there's a way
to do this over a period
of time." There's an
upside to having ...
Here in
Texas,
rural water companies
get tremendous technical and
legal assistance from our
state association, the
nonprofit
Texas Rural Water
Association ("TRWA").
...
The
Oklahoma
Rural Water
Association conducts
a wide variety of
training sessions
and workshops
throughout the State
for water and
wastewater system
board members,
managers, operators
and bookkeepers. All
of these classes are
provided free of
charge...
"
South Dakota’s
rural water system gets a high-tech
update – Daily
...
The oldest
rural water system in
South Dakota now processes
2-million-gallons a
... Construction Costs
and the Outlook for Steel
Prices
(November
4,
2008)
...
The Ohio Environmental Education
Fund
(OEEF) has awarded a $37230 grant to
The Ohio
Rural Water Association for a
project titled "Education for the
...
County wastewater staff to
receive EPA award
Sussex Countian - Georgetown,DE,USA
... the USDA Rural Development Office,
the Delaware Rural Water Association,
Delaware Technical & Community College, and Gold
& Associates. ...
Local man named state water pioneer
Norman Transcript - Norman,OK,USA
Also receiving the 2008 award were Robbie
Robbins, a cotton farmer and rancher from Altus,
and Garner Garrison, a rural water supply
advocate from Gore. ...
York Water District hosts safety event
York Weekly - Portsmouth,NH,USA
YORK — The York Water District, in
conjunction with Maine Rural Water
Association, hosted its first Safety Rodeo
for water, wastewater, public works and
...
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