Learn the Issues
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Innovations in Agriculture in Oregon: Farmers Irrigation District Improves Water Quality, Maximizes Water Conservation, and Generates Clean, Renewable Energy
The Hood River Farmers Irrigation District used $36.2 million in CWSRF loans for a multiple-year endeavor to convert the open canal system to a piped, pressurized irrigation system to maximize water conservation and restore reliable water delivery to crops
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Value-Focused Approach to Improving Water Quality: Albany-Millersburg Talking Water Gardens
To meet new total maximum daily load requirements, the cities of Albany and Millersburg in Oregon worked together to design and fund a project that addresses wastewater treatment from a natural hydrological perspective.
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Financing Options for Nontraditional Eligibilities in the CWSRF
This is a technical support reference, which looks at the varied types of financial assistance available to the CWSRF programs that can be deployed to fund eligibilities that do not fall within the mainstream of traditional grey infrastructure.
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Project Waiver of American Iron and Steel Requirements to Mobile, Alabama for MJ Ductile Iron Wall Sleeves
Approval of AIS waiver request.
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Funding Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
This fact sheet demonstrates how the CWSRF provides assistance to eligible recipients for decentralized wastewater treatment system projects.
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Protecting Public Health and Water Quality with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
This fact sheet demonstrates how the CWSRF provides assistance to eligible recipients while protecting public health and water quality. It highlights successful projects in Indiana and Delaware.
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Project Waiver of AIS Requirements for 6-Inch Stainless Steel Check Valve for Lake Panorama, Iowa (DWSRF)
AIS waiver request approval.
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Innovative Stormwater Management: Spokane Urban Runoff Greenways Ecosystem
Spokane, Washington developed the Spokane Urban Runoff Greenway Ecosystem (SURGE) program to retrofit the existing urban landscape of curb and gutter systems in several places.
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Request for AIS Waiver for Ductile Iron Ball and Socket Pipe for Boone County Public Service District, West Virginia (DWSRF)
This waiver request has been received by EPA and is open for a 15-day public comment period.
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Project Waiver of AIS Requirements for 10-Inch Plunger Valve for Fallbrook, California (DWSRF)
AIS waiver request approval.
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EPA at Work in Detroit and Downriver Communities
Keep Growing Detroit indicating importance of soil and preventative measures.
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Bảo Vệ Gia Đình Bạn Khỏi Chất Chì Trong Nhà Của Bạn (Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home in Vietnamese)
Vietnamese-language version of Protect Your Family Pamphlet (Hãy Bảo Vệ Gia Đình Của Bạn Khỏi Bị Nhiễm Chì Ở Trong Nhà) explaining dangers of lead in your home and how to protect your family from lead-based paint hazards in homes built before 1978
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Why treat the collected water?
Water collected at the site has the potential to have come into contact with vinyl chloride and other contaminants from the derailment. After the collected wastewater is treated it is then tested, and if it is not hazardous, can be disposed of as non-hazardous waste.
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Why collect the rainwater and snowmelt around the derailment site?
Until excavation work and confirmatory sampling are completed, any wastewater collected from the derailment site is considered a “listed hazardous waste” because it may have come into contact with vinyl chloride or other hazardous contaminants from the derailment. Even though the soil contamination has been removed, our double-check work is…
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What has changed?
For the past several months as the collected wastewater has gone through the system, sample results have shown that the wastewater meets the standards set for vinyl chloride and other derailment-caused contaminants without treatment, meaning it can be disposed of as non-hazardous waste. Testing of the collected wastewater will continue…
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Рекомендации по охране здоровья при использовании питьевой воды для PFAS
Russian translation of health fact sheet on PFAS