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WaterNews for August 3, 2005Benjamin 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:
Call for Nominations for Membership on a Working Group on Public Education Requirements of the Lead and Copper RuleEPA is announcing the formation of a working group of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council on the public education requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule. We are asking all interested persons to nominate qualified individuals to serve on the working group. EPA is reviewing the public education requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule and asking the Council to provide their comments and recommendations to ensure that at risk populations are receiving the necessary information to protect themselves from exposure to lead. Any interested person or organization may nominate qualified individuals for membership on the working group. A Federal Register notice was published on July 22, 2005, announcing our call for nominations. The notice describes the general description of the working group charge, the criteria for selecting members, and the specific directions for submitting member nominations. We are asking that nominations be submitted via U.S. mail on or before August 22, 2005. Address all nominations to Elizabeth McDermott, Designated Federal Officer, National Drinking Water Advisory Council Working Group on Public Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Mail Code 4606M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460. You can contact Elizabeth McDermott at mcdermott.elizabeth@epa.gov or call 202-564-1603 for further information. Security Training Modules for Water UtilitiesThrough an EPA grant, drinking water and wastewater utilities now have comprehensive training modules to incorporate enhanced security measures into facility design, operation and management. These modules are based on the three recently-released interim voluntary security guidance documents developed by the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The training modules provide a tool to inform managers, operations personnel, design professionals, and regulatory officials involved in drinking water, wastewater and stormwater utilities with detailed practical assistance for implementing improved security measures in new and existing facilities of all sizes. Training modules are provided in MS Word, MS PowerPoint and PDF formats on a CD-ROM, and are available free of charge. To request a copy of the CD, send an email to wise@asce.org. The guidance documents are available at: http://www.asce.org/static/1/wise.cfm Scouts encouraged to participate in World Water Monitoring Day on October 18America's Clean Water Foundation (ACWF) is partnering with EPA, the Girls Scouts of the USA, and the Boy Scouts of America to encourage broader participation in World Water Monitoring Day on October 18. ACWF provided a WWMD banner and fact sheets for EPA's exhibit along the Conservation Trail at this year's Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort AP Hill, VA. ACWF also developed a flyer with information and tips for Girl Scout Councils and troops interested in participating in WWMD. This information is available on the Linking Girls to the Land Web site at http://www.epa.gov/linkinggirls/. The Linking Girls to the Land Web site includes information about other environmental activities for Girl Scouts, including the Get with the Land and Water Drop Patch projects, along with programs sponsored by other federal agencies. 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 listserve: 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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