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NESC Develops Free PSAs
Public Service Announcements Aid Community Water Protection
Morgantown, W.Va.—The National Environmental Services Center at WVU announces the availability of three video public service announcements (PSAs) about the importance of septic system maintenance to the homeowner, the environment and water quality. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the PSAs reflect NESC's ongoing commitment to effective wastewater treatment and source water protection.
Presented in a humorous light, each brief video drives home the message that homeowners can for safeguard our drinking water through proper septic tank operation and maintenance.
"As many as one-fourth of all new houses in the U.S. have septic or other onsite systems to treat their wastewater," says Gerald Iwan, Ph.D., NESC's executive director. "Therefore, proper maintenance of these systems to prevent costly failures makes particular economic sense today, as well as being an important component to protecting source water quality and the public health. Because we live in a visual age and many, many people get information from television and the Web, it just makes sense to help spread the message through these brief PSAs."
NESC encourages communities to freely use these brief PSAs as part of a public awareness campaign to protect source water.
View/Download PSAs at: http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/subpages/psa.cfm
Press Release Contact: Sherry Summers (304) 293-4191 ext. 5564 or e-mail: shskidmore@mail.wvu.edu
Posted Feburary 13, 2009
All of Our Popular "Tech Briefs" on One Great CD
Tech Brief Package Update
Morgantown, W.Va.—We have just released a must-have tool for you and your clients. Our new "Tech Brief Package" includes all 46 of our "Tech Briefs" (plus 2 bonus fact sheets) covering such topics as biofilm control, calibrating liquid feed pumps, or using ozone for disinfection.
The NESC "Tech Briefs," our four-page fact sheets originally included in "On Tap" magazine, cover many practical topics and provide concise, technical information written for drinking water and wastewater professionals, particularly small system operators, and include diagrams, tables of information, and sources for further study.
All 46 tech briefs plus 2 bonus fact sheets are included on this CD at a cost of only $5.00. Shipping and handling charges will apply. Order #DWCDOM127 "Tech Brief Package."
Order your copy of this "Tech Brief Package" today by e-mail at info@mail.nesc.wvu.edu or call the NESC at (800) 624-8301 (toll-free) or (304) 293-4191.
Posted January 14, 2008
Disclaimer: Based at West Virginia University, NESC is a national leader in the areas of drinking water, wastewater, environmental training, solid waste, infrastructure resilience, and utility management in small and rural communities. NESC's engineers and technical experts have been at the forefront of septic system technologies for nearly 30 years. To learn more about NESC, call (800) 624-8301 or visit www.nesc.wvu.edu.