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WaterNews for December 16, 2003G. Tracy Mehan, III WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. Inside this week’s WaterNews
WATERS Forum – Enabling Informed Decision-MakingEPA’s WATERS (Watershed Assessment, Tracking, and Environmental ResultS) team and stakeholders on Dec. 4 hosted a Forum to showcase recent internet accomplishments. WATERS is an internet-based tool that integrates information from water program databases through linkages to the surface water drainage network contained within the National Hydrography Dataset. The Forum highlighted examples of national and State analyses (program prioritization, policy development, congressional reporting, etc.) conducted using this integrating framework and included an overview of innovative data integration techniques, services, and tools. Presentations by the Office of Water, the Office of Environmental Information, the State of Minnesota, and the US Geological Survey were well-received and have already led to discussions of future collaborative work amongst Federal and State partners. For copies of information presented at the Forum and for more information on WATERS, please visit the web site at: (www.epa.gov/waters/doc/index.html). (Tod Dabolt, 202-566-1186 or Tommy Dewald, 202-566-1178) Now Available “Strategic Planning: A Handbook for Small Water Systems"The Drinking Water Utilities Team recently published a booklet entitled Strategic Planning: A Handbook for Small Water Systems – One of the Simple Tools for Effective Performance (STEP) Guide Series. This new document is designed to help small drinking water systems understand the concept of strategic planning and how strategic planning can help them prepare their systems to meet public expectations and regulatory requirements while maintaining organizational and financial stability in the future. The booklet includes worksheets to assist systems in the strategic planning process. To access the booklet on-line, go to http://www.epa.gov/safewater/smallsys/ssinfo.htm. Hard copies can be obtained from the Office of Water Resources Center or by calling the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791 (reference Document Number EPA 816-R-03-015). For more information, please contact Andrew Bielanski at (202) 564-3824. Subscribe to WaterNewsPlease 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 WaterNews listserv: Send an email message, leave the subject line blank, and address it to: In the body of the message write: Subscribe WaterNews firstname lastname (Please leave one blank space between each word, do not include any other message, and use your actual name- i.e. Subscribe WaterNews Robert Jones) A welcome message will appear in your email box once you are officially subscribed.
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