FRWA Is Offering Help With RFIs |
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Florida Rural Water Association offers funding and technical assistance in the form of preparing funding documentation. These documents include Request for Inclusion (RFIs), Applications, and Disbursement Requests. The RFI is a document where you request to be put on the State Revolving Fund (SRF) funding priority list. If placed on the priority list, the application process can begin in order to receive funding through the SRF. Florida Rural Water Association offers this as a free service to communities in Florida with multiple, knowledgeable employees dedicated to assisting with funding.
For more information on how your system can benefit from an RFI, contact Rachel Howard at Rachel.Howard@frwa.net or call 850.668.2746.
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2022 FRWA Annual Conference |
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August 8-10, 2022
Hilton Daytona Beach Hilton
100 N Atlantic Avenue
Daytona Beach FL 32118
Make plans now to join us as we celebrate forty-three years of Rural Water at this year's FRWA Annual Conference. With over sixty-five topics to choose from, you are sure to find something of interest! Join us at the Hilton and bring the family for a last minute vacation before the kids go back to school!
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The Conference will be held at the Daytona Beach Hilton from August 8-10. Be sure to make your reservations now to take advantage of the discounted rates starting at $118.00 (this rate does not include $9.00 self parking rate) plus tax. If you would like to make your hotel reservations, use the code FRWA22 and call 386.254.8200 or click here to reserve your room online. The discounted rates are only available until July 24, 2022.
Things will kick off with the Paul Brayton Golf Tournament at the LPGA Golf Course! Don’t forget to bring your water sample to the Registration booth before 2:00 pm on Tuesday to participate in this year’s Best Tasting Water Contest. The winner will be announced at the Exhibitor Social in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday evening and have a chance to participate in the “Great American Taste Test” in Washington DC in February 2023.
Take a stroll through our sold out Exhibit Hall to see the latest innovations the industry has to offer. You may even be lucky enough to have your name picked for one of the great door prizes that are given away!
For complete information and to register for this year's Conference, click here! Hope to see you there! |
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$16,000
100kW Caterpillar MEP007B Military Generator with 1098 hours run time. Military Serial Number Rz00394. 3306 Cat Engine on an Olive Drab green military trailer in good shape, the trailer has a pintle hook connections for towing the generator. The generator has a 91-gallon fuel, belly tank and 50” of 1 (one) awg conductor wire attached.
For more information, click on the links below:
For further information please email frwa@frwa.net or call 850.668.2746.
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$16,000
100kW Caterpillar MEP007B Military Generator with 1181 hours run time. Libby Co (serial number RZ01408). Brand new tandem axle trailer with 3500-pound axle and 2” ball. The generator is bolted down to the trailer with a 91-gallon fuel tank on the trailer as a belly tank below the generator.
For more information click on the links below:
For further information please email frwa@frwa.net or call 850.668.2746.
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NATIONAL NEWS
Free EPA Resiliency Training July 19 Dealing with the aftermath of a disaster can be more difficult than the actual disaster itself. Learn how you can work with the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to expedite financial assistance for water and wastewater utilities in the aftermath of a Presidential-declared disaster using Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between EPA and FEMA. more
EPA Creates Database To Find Thermal Treatment Processes For Remediating PFAS Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic chemicals that have been in use since the 1940s. PFAS are found in a wide array of consumer and industrial products. more
'Seismic Shift' In Legal Landscape Seeks To Hold Polluters Accountable For PFAS Contamination The prevalence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water sources around the country continues to be one of the most insurmountable treatment challenges in the space, as these compounds are notoriously difficult to remove from effluent and have been tied to acute health problems for consumers. more
EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories For PFAS Chemicals, $1 Billion In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Strengthen Health Protections The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the latest action under President Biden’s action plan to deliver clean water and Administrator Regan’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap. more
White House Reveals Plan For Tackling Water Security Underscoring the far-reaching implications of growing water scarcity, the White House has announced a forthcoming effort to help systems around the world secure drinking water supplies. more
Pentagon Finds Elevated PFAS Levels In Drinking Water Near Its Bases According to new data disclosed by the nation’s foremost security agency, military bases throughout the U.S. are linked to dangerous drinking water contamination. more
NOAA's new sea level rise guide helps local governments, including Pinellas, plan for the future | WUSF Pinellas County's sustainability and resiliency coordinator said he finds NOAA's application guide helpful as he makes plans for an area that's already experiencing tidal impacts and effects to infrastructure. more
Supreme Court EPA ruling impact on Florida | WINK Thursday a United States Supreme Court ruling now limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority. more
ASDWA Provides Support for EPA’s Second Build America, Buy America Waiver for Certain SRF Projects On June 29, ASDWA submitted comments to EPA on a waiver for the requirements under Build America, Buy America (BABA). more
EPA Finalizes Waiver for Build America, Buy America Requirements for Certain WIFIA Projects On June 22, EPA finalized a waiver for the requirements under Build America, Buy America (BABA). The Agency proposed to waive BABA requirements for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) borrowers that initiated project design plans prior to May 14, 2022 – the day that BABA went into effect. more
STATE NEWS
Utilities audit shows some Orange County customers not paying fair share for wastewater services | WFTV Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond said better testing could help save taxpayers money. more
Oysters found in Tampa Bay contain toxic ‘forever chemicals,’ study finds | WFLA A new study by Florida International University’s Institute of Environment reported oysters found in three parts of the state contained toxic chemical contaminants. more
Miami-Dade County eyes steeper fines for Biscayne Bay polluters | Florida Politics Many polluters in Miami-Dade today view the county's existing fines as merely ‘the cost of doing business.' more
Utilities privatization at Navy wastewater treatment plant: eco-friendly, saves tax money | Action News Jax Defense Logistics Agency, in coordination with Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, has awarded a major contract to privatize the wastewater utility system for Naval Station Mayport. more
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This Week in Water History |
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Revolutionary Pipe Join Patent |
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July 4, 1961: On this date, Patent Number 2,991,092 was issued to Mr. J. W. MacKay of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company in Birmingham, Alabama, for the Fastite push-on-rubber gasket joint for iron pipe. The Fastite gasket uses a dual-durometer gasket having a stiff rubber ring to hold the gasket in place against insertion loads and a softer, fatter section to provide the leak-free seal. The push-on gasket soon supplanted the bolted mechanical joint for virtually all underground pipe-to-pipe connections and is part of ANSI/AWWA C111/A21.11, Rubber-Gasket Joints for Ductile-Iron Pressure Pipe and Fittings. In 2014, Mr. MacKay is alive and well at age 104. He was inducted into the state of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2011.
To enjoy more opportunities to take a look at the past in water history, go to this link.
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