News & Updates GAO Releases Reports on Shale Gas 10-11-2012 The GAO recently released two reports on shale gas: “Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Key Environmental and Public Health Requirements” was released yesterday and is available here: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-874 and “Oil and Gas: Information on Shale Resources, Development, and Environmental and Public Health Risks” which is available here: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-732 Read More Protecting groundwater protects public health, the environment 09-10-2012 More info availabe at the PYGWD Web site The Ground Water Protection Council encourages the public to protect public health and the health of the environment by protecting groundwater beginning on Protect Your Groundwater Day, September 11. In the United States, 88 million Americans rely on groundwater-supplied community water systems while another 42 million Americans rely on individual household water wells. For household water well owners, how... Read More State Water Organization Elects New Leaders 08-24-2012 NEWS RELEASE Monday, August 20, 2012 Contact: Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, 202-756-0600 x 1, Association of Clean Water Administrators State Water Organization Elects New Leaders Steve Gunderson, Director of the Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, is the newly elected President of the Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA). Gunderson and other officers and directors were confirmed on August 15 in Park City, Utah at the conclusion of the non-profit organization’s 51st Annual... Read More GWPC/NGWA Release HF Brochure for Water Well Owners 08-15-2012 The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) and the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) are making available a water-testing brochure for household water well owners living near oil or gas development and completion activities, including hydraulic fracturing. The brochure walks water well owners through how to go about getting their water tested prior to oil and gas activities to establish baseline water quality. It then provides guidelines for retesting the water after oil and gas development and completion activities. Addressed in the brochure are issues such as “chain-of-... Read More Decentralized Wastewater Webcast Series 08-15-2012 PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012 • 1:00 P.M.–2:30 P.M. ET.Dowload Flyer DESCRIPTION Decentralized wastewater treatment systems can protect the environment, public health, and water quality in homes and communities by: providing reliable wastewater treatment; providing a highly-effective wastewater treatment method which reduces conventional pollutants, nutrients,... Read More Pages« first ‹ previous … 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 next › last »