Articles Tagged with ''water conservation''

Students at JFK Middle School engage in a fundraising walkathon, learning about and contributing to clean water initiatives in South Sudan, which not only raises funds for well drilling but also integrates with their academic curriculum to enhance awareness and empathy towards global water scarcity issues.

Unpacking new OSHA guidelines and environmental justice on this week’s Driller Newscast.

The FY2024 BOR budget is $3.86 billion, while the proposed FY2025 budget for BOR is $3.56 billion, a reduction in spending of $299.6 million, according to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

The EPA has proposed a fiscal year 2025 budget of $10.9 billion, marking an increase of $858 million from FY2024. This proposed budget includes an expansion based on $9.23 billion of federal infrastructure funds allocated for clean water initiatives, as detailed in the EPA’s FY2025 budget overview.

Discover the importance of advancing clean water access and fall safety in the workplace.

Explore crucial updates on water safety, PFAS regulations, and global sustainability efforts.

The bureau is “working on the alternative development stage for operations post-2026” for the Colorado River Basin, with “the goal to have a draft environmental impact statement by the end of this year.”

“We (EPA) think that steps like this can significantly help reduce the amount of PFAS  that exists in our daily lives that may wash into sewers and end up in wastewater treatment facilities,” Klasen said.

The EPA is set to announce new "maximum containment levels" for specific PFAS chemicals on April 10, 2024, driving significant remediation efforts in water systems nationwide.

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