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WaterNews for December 14, 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:
1. EPA to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water ActU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water, Benjamin H. Grumbles, will celebrate 30 years of progress under the Safe Drinking Water Act at the Clayton County Georgia Water Authority on Thursday, Dec. 16. Grumbles will visit the Clayton County Water Authority to observe the innovative technology being used there to make drinking water safer for the community. The Clayton County Water Authority uses innovation that goes beyond regulatory requirements in ensuring that their customers have access to safe drinking water. In addition to conventional treatment, the Authority uses ultraviolet disinfection at all of their treatment plants to provide greater removal of microbial pathogens that can negatively impact human health by causing gastrointestinal illness. The Safe Drinking Water Act, signed Dec. 16, 1974, governs a mandatory national program to protect public health through drinking water safety. In the United States, more than 53,000 community water systems test for the presence of up to 90 contaminants that are regulated in drinking water. In the last 30 years, the percentage of individuals and communities receiving safe, clean water that meets public health standards has increased significantly. Other attendees will include Jim Giattina, EPA Water Division Director, Region 4; Stallings Howell, EPA Chief, Drinking Water and Groundwater Branch, Region 4; Chris Thomas, EPA Chief, Drinking Water Section, Region 4; Jim Taft, Executive Director, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators; Mike Leonard, Executive Vice President, American Water Works Association; Nolton Johnson, Branch Chief of Water Resources, Georgia Environmental Protection Division; Mike Thomas, President Georgia Water & Pollution Control Association; Bobby Scott, President National Rural Water Association; Guy Pihera, Clayton County Water Authority Water Production Manager, and Brad Addison, Program Manager Drinking Water Compliance Program, Georgia Environmental Protection Division. For more information visit http://www.epa.gov/region04/oeapages/releases.htm. 2. Television Special about Watersheds to Air on The Weather Channel In 2005EPA is pleased to announce that a ½ hour television special about watersheds, co-produced by the Environmental Protection Agency and The Weather Channel, will air again on The Weather Channel on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005, at 7:30 pm EST. "After the Storm" premiered on The Weather Channel on Feb. 4, 2004. Additional showings are scheduled for: Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 at 7:30 pm EST Visit the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/weatherchannel/ for more information about what you can do, including a free brochure about stormwater pollution. VHS copies of the "After the Storm" program are now available. Order a free copy by contacting the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) at 513-489-8190 or 800-490-9198 or send an email to ncepimal@one.net. Please request "After the Storm" (VHS) and refer to document number, EPA 840-V-04-001. 3. EPA Funds Water Security EffortsThrough EPA grant funding and the collaborative efforts of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Water Environment Federation (WEF), and the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Interim Voluntary Water Infrastructure Security Enhancement Guidance Documents were released on Dec. 9, 2004. The guidance documents are intended to assist drinking water and wastewater utilities in reducing the vulnerabilities of their systems to man-made threats through the design, construction, operation and maintenance of both new and existing systems of all sizes. These interim documents will be the basis for the development of voluntary consensus standards and published in late 2006. Training materials for each of the guidance documents are currently being developed and will be available in Spring 2005. Additional information and links to the documents can be found under the What’s New section of the Water Security page at www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity. 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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