Category Archives: Education

November 16, 1918: Sanitary Survey of Unnamed City — This Day in Water History

November 16, 1918: Municipal Journal. A Sanitary Survey of an Unnamed City. The conditions about which you will read were by no means unusual in 1918 in the U.S. “A State Board of Health a few months ago, made a sanitary survey of a certain city (the name of which is unessential) which was of more than […]

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November 1, 1836: Birth of Hiram Mills; 1952: Cuyahoga River Catches Fire…Again — This Day in Water History

November 1, 1836: Birth of Hiram Francis Mills. “Born in Bangor, Maine, in the year 1836 and receiving his early schooling there, the young Hiram Mills moved on to the newly-established Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute to be graduated before he was twenty. When he was in his middle thirties he was appointed Chief Engineer of the […]

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It All Starts with Science – The EPA Blog

The Tools in Our Green Infrastructure Toolkit

Monday, October 17, 2016 11:42 AM

By Michaela Burns  Almost everyone has a story to share about storms.  Maybe it rained so hard one day that you stayed inside curled up by the fireplace.

September 14, 1986: Cadillac Desert Review; 1989: Rocky Flats Hazard to Drinking Water — This Day in Water History

September 14, 1986: New York Times headline–When the Bill for the Marvels Falls Due. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water. By Marc Reisner. It’s unlikely that most taxpayers will read Cadillac Desert, but they should. It’s a revealing, absorbing, often amusing and alarming report on where billions of their dollars have gone […]

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New Release – Updated Online Version of EPA’s CREAT Tool for Water Utility Climate Resilience

EPA has just released an updated online version of its Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT).  CREAT is designed for the use of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater …

Source: New Release – Updated Online Version of EPA’s CREAT Tool for Water Utility Climate Resilience

SAB Completes Peer Review for EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) has just published its peer review of the June 2015 “Draft Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources…

Source: SAB Completes Peer Review for EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study

August 6, 1996: Amendments to Safe Drinking Water Act — This Day in Water History

August 6, 1996: The 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act became law. “In 1996, Congress amended the Safe Drinking Water Act to emphasize sound science and risk-based standard setting, small water supply system flexibility and technical assistance, community-empowered source water assessment and protection, public right-to-know, and water system infrastructure assistance through a multi-billion-dollar […]

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