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WasteWater Education 501c3 Has Reached the GuideStar Exchange Gold Participation Level as a Demonstration of Its Commitment to Transparency

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WasteWater Education 501(c)3 has Reached the GuideStar Exchange Gold Participation Level as a Demonstration of Its Commitment to Transparency

WasteWater Education 501(c)3, a national water resources education and outreach organization, received the GuideStar Exchange Gold participation level, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA, Inc., the premier source of nonprofit information.

This level demonstrates WasteWater Education’s deep commitment to nonprofit transparency and accountability.

“We have worked hard to showcase our progress toward our mission, and our long-held belief in being transparent about our work, to our constituents,” said Board Chair Jason Menchhofer. “As a GuideStar Exchange participant, we use their platform to share a wealth of up-to-date information about our work to our supporters and GuideStar’s immense online audience of nonprofits, grantmakers, individual donors, and the media.”

In order to be awarded the GuideStar Exchange logo, WasteWater Education had to fill out every required field of our nonprofit report page on www.guidestar.org for the Gold level of participation.

“I encourage you to check out our profile on GuideStar to see what we’re all about,” added Menchhofer. “We are engaged in exciting initiatives, and we are thrilled to have another platform for communicating our advancement and progress.”

Read our 2014 Charting Impact Statement- PDF LINK here charting_impact

About the GuideStar Exchange

The GuideStar Exchange is an initiative designed to connect nonprofits with current and potential supporters. With millions of people coming to GuideStar to learn more about nonprofit organizations, the GuideStar Exchange allows nonprofits to share a wealth of up-to-date information with GuideStar’s many audiences. Becoming a GuideStar Exchange participant is free of charge. To join, organizations need to update their report pages, completing all required fields for participation. The GuideStar Exchange level logos, acknowledged as symbols of transparency in the nonprofit sector, are displayed on all Exchange participants’ nonprofit reports.

World Issues- Sanitation

#GivingTuesday #flushedwithsuccess

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Every Body Deserves A Decent Throne!

Our primary goal on #GivingTuesday is to help buy 8 Eloos, serving 2 rural communities in Sierra Leone in partnership with DeeperMissions.org

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thunderclap_derek We hear a lot ABOUT what’s happening in Sierra Leone, now come hear from the people themsleves!

Our goal is simple – there’s a place in Northern Sierra Leone, a clinic in Kabala, where they would really like to have a REAL ‘comfort station’ at the beginning, middle and end of their day.

And there’s a school in the NE, at Koidu, where it’s hard to teach basic health when there isn’t a place to do their daily “business’!

We need 8 Eloos ($7,200), $7,300 to ship them, $1,500 to build each stall in the ‘throne room’ – A grand total of $26,500.
So what do you think? How about taking on a piece of this effort so we end this campaign truly #flushedwithsuccess ! You want to do something concrete to make a difference? This is it. Make A DONATION here!

Sometimes the simplest of things can mean the difference of life or death.

When you go to your warm bathroom tonight, and sit down on that nice padded seat, maybe read a book, get comfortable with having a decent throne underneath you …… we hope you’ll remember this #GivingTuesday campaign.

Follow us at : http://twubs.com/flushedwithsuccess

Education, Environmental Health, Innovation In Sanitation, Sanitation History, World Issues- Sanitation

World Environmental Health Day – 6 session seminar September 26, 2014

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Every Body Deserves A Decent Throne:
Crossing the Sanitation Divide – Past, Present and Future.

Six session seminar series provided at no charge through Google Hangouts On Air.

Session 1. 10- 10.45 am ET
https://plus.google.com/events/c5a8pagbtudisb61rk20uf4523k

Dendra Best will look at the history of sanitation in the US and how that has shaped the technology of infrastructure ever since.

Session 2. 11 – 11.45 am ET https://plus.google.com/events/c2j07kdvnstis05ijsmkidjhip0

Patrick Lucey – why traditional infrastructure is now unsustainable. His bio can be found at the aqua-tex.ca web site.
See: http://aqua-tex.ca/index.php?id=2&press=1&draw_column=1:1:2

Session 3. 11.50 am ET – 12.40 pm ET
https://plus.google.com/events/cbp6bl8rf77e3kmgbufender4ak

Patrick Lucey – successful case studies of sustainable integrated water systems from Canada and the US.

Break for Lunch

Session 4. 1.30 – 2.30 pm ET
https://plus.google.com/events/cpb2ea4j9o2cqn3500jirsqukso

The reality of Sierra Leone and Guinea – Derek Reinhard and the work of DeeperMissions.org

The theme for Environmental Health Day 2014 is inequality of access. Not only does DeeperMissions work in one of the poorest regions in west Africa, it now has to deal with the massive Ebola epidemic

Session 5. 2.40pm ET – 3.20pm ET
https://plus.google.com/events/c1s6h0ajh5obbe4kgsom5oq70i8

Patrick Lucey. A better future: how to export 21st. century knowledge not 19th century thinking.

If the problem is massive, is this the time to rethink how we provide basic sanitation and clean drinking water systems both here in the West and in developing countries? The environmental, weather and financial climate is a whole new ball game from when most of these technologies were the norm. What kind of legacy are we creating for our children or grandchildren if we keep on doing the same thing?

Session 6. 3.45pm ET – 4.30pm ET
https://plus.google.com/events/c9al5e9p3j3n5mmabovd78diksg

CollaborativeWaterSolutions.com Team – relevance to both small rural communities in CA and the US as well as Haiti, Africa and S. America.

Culture, demographics, access to support structures and expertise – all play a vital role in ensuring whatever is proposed as the ‘ideal’ solution will actually be feasible AND workable in the long run. So often planning is something that is done TO a community not WITH it.

Collaborative Water Solutions was created to build on the stellar work done by Water Environment Research Foundation where a team developed the Small Community Decision Making Tool to help local leaders determine their own best options for wastewater service.

Decentralized Systems, Education, EPA, Septic System

“Black Tie Septic Selfie” for SepticSmart week!

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We constantly hear the negative stories about septic service providers but all professions have their bad apples? The vast majority of onsite service providers and decentralized industry people are decent hard working and take their environmental and public health ethic seriously. They are also small business owners who go out of their way to support their communities. I have yet to meet one who hasn’t at some time provided a repair or pump out from their own pocket because they know the property owner is going through tough times.
As it’s SepticSmart Week in September we thought this would be a great opportunity to not just educate the public, and their elected officials, about the profession and technologies, but also about the people who work in it and for it!

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As Eric Casey of NOWRA says: “I totally agree. People that work in this business are the backbone of what makes our country so strong. They’ve built businesses, care about what they do, contribute to the community and, if they are a service provider, rarely get to celebrate holidays because they are always out helping their neighbors who don’t seem to understand that their large family gathering is going to overtax their septic system.. I very much support what you are trying to do and will keep out an eye for what you develop.”

September 22-26, 2104 is EPA’s SepticSmart Week. Not only is this an opportunity to learn more about the role of onsite wastewater as a public and environmental health infrastructure service, but it’s also an opportunity to see how educated, community spirited and conscientious service providers are! This idea to combine charitable giving with good maintenance visits came from a Michigan hauler. We encourage you to ‘get your black tie on’ and dress up smart for SepticSmartWeek!

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Then email, Tweet, LinkedIn Post, Pinterest, Facebook your
‘Black Tie Septic Service Run Selfie’
to us and we will spread the word about your classy commitment to excellence! Plus we’ll post it here too as a slideshow!

Education, Environmental Health, World Issues- Sanitation

August 15, 2014 is World Portable Sanitation Day | On Site Companies. Providing Portable Toilet, Sanitation, Heating, Cooling and Security Needs

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August 15, 2014 is World Portable Sanitation Day | On Site Companies. Providing Portable Toilet, Sanitation, Heating, Cooling and Security Needs.

 

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Watch the inspiring stories of three mothers who broke the cycle of poverty, and forged a path to water

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The dignity and strength of women around the world is astounding – in celebration of Mother’s Day, watch the inspiring stories of three mothers who broke the cycle of poverty, and forged a path to water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkStObhWjnI

Do something about this at http://water.org/post-v/honoring-mothers-around-world/

Algae Blooms, Nutrient Management, Water

Diving into Nutrients: How much is too much? | Science

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Diving into Nutrients: How much is too much? | Science.

via Diving into Nutrients: How much is too much? | Science.

By Sean Sheldrake

An EPA diver kept isolated from contaminants.

There’s a nutrient “problem”?

Did you know nutrient pollution, primarily in the form of too much nitrogen and phosphorus, is one of the nation’s most widespread, costly and challenging environmental problems?  Some 16,000 waterways are impaired, and 78 percent of assessed coastal waters suffer from nutrient pollution, affecting water used for drinking, fishing, swimming and other recreational purposes.  These impacts also threaten tourism, home and property values and public health.

Nitrogen and phosphorous are food for some plants, like algae, and too much can spark a large algal bloom that can end up consuming all the dissolved oxygen in a waterway, causing fish to be starved for that critical gasp of O2.  Fish die-offs are common with extreme nutrient problems.

Where does it come from?

Clean Water Act, Water, Water Conservation

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Alliance for Water Efficiency News.

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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Ban on Federal Funding of Efficient Toilets

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House-Seal-SmIn a stunning move on July 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment on a voice vote to the 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Act (H.R. 4923) which would prohibit any federal spending for replacement of efficient toilets.  House Amendment #1046 was sponsored by Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona (See his press release here).  The bill then passed the House and is now on its way to the U.S. Senate.

The impacts of this amendment will be far reaching.  It will prevent the use of any federal funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or even the U.S. Department of Energy to finance toilet retrofit programs that clearly save both water and energy.

The Alliance for Water Efficiency is moving to ensure that the U.S. Senate has the information it needs to correctly assess the value of these important investments to an increasingly water short country.  An opposition letter is being compiled,if you wish for your organization to sign on to this letter, please contact Jeffrey Hughes.

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