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NATIONAL NEWS
WHO Releases Guidelines And Tools To Enhance Small Water Supplies WHO has released guidelines and tools to improve small water supplies. The newly launched Guidelines for drinking water quality: small water supplies, and associated Sanitary inspection packages, aim to improve water quality, build more resilient service delivery, and combat disease surges in vulnerable and resource-constrained communities. more
Money for clean water coming to every state | WFLA The Biden administration wants to guarantee access to clean water throughout the country and one way it wants to do that is by removing lead pipes. more
How an infusion of cash could help the nation's aging water infrastructure | WLRN Everyone should have the right to clean water. That’s what Vice President Kamala Harris expressed Tuesday when the administration delved into its plan to give $5.8 billion to states, territories and tribes for projects that promote access to clean drinking water and reliable wastewater systems. more
EPA WATER AND WASTEWATER SECTOR THREAT BRIEFING | 02.27.24 2 PM The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Water Infrastructure and Cyber Resilience Division (WICRD), along with partners from the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), are offering a virtual threat briefing webinar that will be held on February 27, 2024. more
Veterans in the Water Workforce Webinar | 02.29.24 12 PM Please join us on February 29th to hear from organizations that are reaching out to and training these veterans so they can play a key role in protecting our nation’s critical water infrastructure. more
Water Utility Hacking Targets Expand Across Western World Drinking water and wastewater treatment operations are being hit with more frequent cyberattacks than ever, and it now appears the targets are extending well beyond the U.S. more
Researchers Develop Eco-Friendly Magnet To Battle Microplastics Plastic pollution is a pressing environmental issue, and University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment researchers are leading the charge with an innovative solution. more
Flowers Grown On Polluted Waterways Can Help Clean Up Nutrient Runoff Flowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help clean polluted waterways, over 12 weeks extracting 52% more phosphorus and 36% more nitrogen than the natural nitrogen cycle removes from untreated water, according to our new research. In addition to filtering water, the cut flowers can generate income via the multibillion-dollar floral market. more
Judge Approves Settlement Requiring DuPont, Chemours, and Corteva to Pay $1.1 Billion in PFAS Contamination Suit The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina has approved a settlement requiring chemical manufacturers DuPont, Chemours, and Corteva (both spin-offs of DuPont) to pay $1.185 billion to settle liability claims from public water systems. more
ASDWA Joins the Water Sector in Advocating for Full Funding for the SRFs ASDWA was one of several organizations across the water sector, organized by the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities (CIFA), that sent a joint letter to Congress on Thursday, 2/15, in one final push to urge Congress to fully fund the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) at congressionally authorized levels of $3 billion each for fiscal year 2024. more
Improving Predictions On Rising Sea Levels Now, a new study involving an international group of 29 ice-sheet experts, led by Edward Hanna, Professor of Climate Science and Meteorology at the University of Lincoln, has identified that global climate change-related rises in sea level could be better predicted by gaining a clearer understanding of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. more
Jeffares Testifies During Cybersecurity Hearing Rick Jeffares, President of Georgia Rural Water Association and National Director on the National Rural Water Association Board of Directors, represented small and rural water and wastewater systems across the country as a witness during the "Ensuring the Cybersecurity of America's Drinking Water Systems" hearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials on January 31. more
ICYMI: NRWA, WaterISAC Collaborate to Benefit Small Water Utilities Nationwide The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) and Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC) announced a formal cybersecurity collaboration. With this partnership, WaterISAC and NRWA will work to educate rural utilities across the country about cyber and physical security issues and how they can become more resilient. more
STATE NEWS
UCF Expertise Tapped To Help Combat Land, Ecological Losses In Mississippi River Delta Goals for the MissDelta project include collecting data on the coastal water levels and ocean waves inside of the Birdsfoot region of the Mississippi River and use that data to analyze the extreme storm surges and wave events. more
Feds erred in transferring wetlands permitting to FL agency, U.S. judge rules - The Bradenton Times Environmentalists laud preservation ‘of some of the last remaining habitat for one of the most endangered animals in the world’. more
Water Shapes Florida – Exhibits Free Admission | Opening March 23 Dive in and explore Florida’s most valuable resource: water. This engaging exhibit tells the story of the state’s fresh water, from the aquifers underground to the rivers and lakes to the clouds in the sky. more
Cocoa to 'shock' its water with chlorine to cleanse system this month - Florida Today Cocoa typically treats its drinking water with chloramine formed from the combination of free chlorine and ammonia. more
Florida lawmakers support tying gambling money to the environment | WMNF Legislative leaders have agreed to use hundreds of millions of dollars in gambling money to help pay for further expansion of a state wildlife corridor and other environmental projects. more
Water conservation efforts persist in Cape Coral and Lee County despite recent rainfall | WINK Despite recent rainfall, Cape Coral and unincorporated parts of Lee County continue methods to conserve water. more
Bill limiting city utilities’ charges to outside customers advances in House | Florida Politics Cities operating their own utilities would be restricted in how much they could charge customers they serve outside the city limits, as well as how they can use money received from such customers, under a bill advancing in the House. more
Sanford combats wastewater system issues with new technology - YouTube The city makes improvements to it's wastewater system. more
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