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WaterNews for February 10, 2004Benjamin Grumbles WaterNews 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 WaterNews:
Still Time to Sign-up For Water Efficient Products MeetingThe Office of Water is exploring activities and programs the Agency can undertake to promote water-efficient products to consumers. A series of meetings are being held to gain a broad perspective on EPA’s proposed program. Meetings are scheduled as follows: Feb. 17, 2004 in Phoenix, AZ focusing on urban landscape irrigation products April 13-14, 2004 in Seattle, WA focusing on residential, commercial, and institutional products For more information on this initiative or future meetings, please see EPA’s Water Efficiency Web Page at www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/index.htm . Asset Management Training Workshop To Be Held in PhoenixAs part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative, the Office of Water is sponsoring a training session on best practices in Advanced Asset Management on Feb. 11- 12 in Phoenix, AZ. For more information visit the website at http://www.epa.gov/owm/featinfo.htm. Approval of Additional Method for the Detection of Coliforms and E. Coli in Drinking WaterThe Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a final rule that approves the Colitag™ method to support previously established requirements for National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) compliance monitoring for total coliforms and E. coli in finished drinking water. This action provides water utilities and certified laboratories an additional analytical method option to test for total coliforms and E. coli. For more information, please contact Gregory Carroll at (513) 569-7948. National Nonpoint Source Conference Held in AustinEPA and the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA) convened a successful and energizing conference for State and EPA nonpoint source (NPS) program managers last week in Austin, TX. The conference, entitled "Implementation at the Watershed Level," included a series of sessions that focused on each of the significant components of watershed plan development and implementation. Participants discussed exciting new assessment tools (e.g., remote sensing), greatly enhanced modeling tools, new (agriculture) and improved (urban) databases on best management practices effectiveness; creative new funding mechanisms at the Federal, State, and local levels; and new multi-media and other outreach tools and programs. Copies of the presentations are posted on ASIWPCA’s web site at: http://www.asiwpca.org/events/other.htm. 2004 National Fish ForumOver 250 representatives of public health and environmental departments from tribes, states, and other interested groups gathered from Jan. 25 to 28 in San Diego, CA to discuss issues related to contaminants in fish. Sponsored by EPA, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, this year’s Conference focused on a discussion of the draft joint FDA/EPA advisory for mercury in fish and on identifying what is needed to help states, tribes, and local governments manage their fish advisory programs. The Conference included an excellent poster session where over 30 posters were highlighted. You can find the agenda and meeting presentations by visiting EPA’s Internet web site at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/forum/2004/agenda.htm. A proceedings document will be published later in the year. 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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