U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, N.M., recently introduced the National Drought Preparedness Act of 2002 to implement a cohesive policy to lessen serious economic and environmental losses that often accompany droughts.
A plan being endorsed by the EPA's National Drinking Water Advisory Council will permit small water systems carrying up to 20 parts per billion (ppb) of arsenic to put off complying with EPA standards for 14 years and allow larger systems with water containing up to 35 ppb until 2009 to comply.
Rep. John Linder, Ga., recently introduced legislation to create a presidential appointed commission to recommend how to better capture and store fresh water, fund public works projects, improve water shortage technologies and ease the federal bureaucracy surrounding water management.
This May, in celebration of Water Awareness Month, the Orange County Water District (OCWD), the Blue Planet Foundation, the OCWD Groundwater Guardian Team and the Disneyland Resort hosted the Sixth Annual Children's Water Education Festival.
Researchers from four universities have been awarded a $2-million grant from the National Science Foundation program to take to the next level the scientific drilling of large lakes for paleoclimate research.
Drilling Technique LTD is pleased to announce that Cleon Godard has joined the company and will assume dual responsibilities as both manager of DTL's new piling division and national sales manager.
Marking the end of a five-year lawsuit, Dow Chemical Co. has announced its plan to contribute $3 million for San Francisco Bay protection while it also cleans up ground water contamination at its nearby Pittsburg plant.
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