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Industry Archives 2002

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August 2002:

  • The Foundation of NRWA: A Moment In History Duncan, OK-- On Tuesday, the original incorporators of NRWA visited the National Headquarters and met with the NRWA staff to provide a bit of history on the beginning of the organization in 1976 and the events leading up to the formation of the national organization. Click here for the story

  • Nebraska Drought Has Left Residents With Inadequate Drinking Supplies SIDNEY, NE — A drought in Cheyenne County has left 6,200 residents with inadequate supplies to drink, as two of nine municipal wells here go dry. Get the story from watertechonline.com

  • Retention Ponds May Play Role In West Nile Spread WASHINGTON — Stormwater retention ponds built in an effort to reduce contaminants that collect in water are inadvertently creating vast breeding grounds for mosquitoes, and may be contributing to the spread of the West Nile virus. Get the story from waterechonline.com
    Bush Drafting New Rule To Clean Up Water Pollution WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration said Wednesday it is drafting a new rule to govern the cleanup of pollution in more than 20,000 lakes, ponds, streams and rivers across the country. Click here for the story

     Colorado Utilities To Invest In Massive Security Upgrade DENVER — Colorado will spend around $29 million to protect its drinking water supplies from potential terrorist attacks from a $2 billion program that is part of new federal security rules affecting about 8,000 US water utilities. Get the story from watertechonline.com

         Major City Moves Quickly To Tighten Water Security DETROIT, MI — The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department will bolster the region's water system against terrorism and shore up other security issues, the head of the city's water operations said Monday. Click here for the story from watertechonline.com

    NRWA And Other Water Groups: Some Water Info Should Not Be Public     WASHINGTON — Seven agencies in the water and wastewater industry told the Senate Government Affairs Committee to make information about critical infrastructure protection exempt from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Click here for the story from watertechonline.com

  • California Warned To Use Less Water LOS ANGELES — A top Bush administration official warned California to fulfill its promises to use less water from the Colorado River or suffer a mandatory cutback in the near future. Click here for the story from watertechonline.com

  • Lake Mead On The Verge Of Hitting Lowest Level In 3 Decades LAS VEGAS, NV — Federal and water officials predicted that by December the drought on the upper Colorado River that supplies Lake Mead will make the lake drop to its lowest level in 30 years. Get the story from watertechonline.com
  • Defense Of Public Water Systems Has Become a Priority CARMEL, NY — Pushing ahead with plans to fortify key water facilities here, New York City officials are asking to top a 10-foot high fence with jagged razor wire. Click here for the story from watertechonline.com
    Colorado Water System Levels Dropping Fast DENVER, CO. — Two area water districts have recommended residents begin using bottled water for drinking and food preparation until further notice because of the quality and low quantity of the available water supply. Get the story from watertechonline.com

    Landowners To Proceed With Selling Groundwater     DALLAS, TX — A group of landowners will soon be selling groundwater to other parts of the region now that a legal hurdle to the process has been cleared. Get the story from watertechonline.com

July 2002:

  • Water Systems Could Be A Terrorist Liability That Insurers Don't Want To Take On
     Hoosick Falls, N.Y.-- The Hartford drops village's water-supply coverage; other localities could face the same.
    Get the story from timesunion.com
  • Laundry Test Pays Off For Residents
    BERN, KS -- June 28, 1997, is a date that will live forever in the annals of Bern -- the day the tiny town was put through the wringer.
    Get the story from cjonline.com

    Better E. coli Technology Planned
    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Scientists are developing a handheld sensor they say would help save lives by quickly pinpointing the presence of a deadly E. coli strain and other harmful germs in food and drinks, in
     some cases within minutes.
    Click here for the story

    Small Communites Push For Security Funding
     WASHINGTON - The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) is continuing to ask for federal dollars to help small communities deal with drinking water security issues.
     Get the story from watertechonline.com

  • Arsenic Worries New Mexico Town
    ANTHONY, N.M. (AP) - Sam Warthen's first water well, drilled in 1967, lasted six years before the shifting sand around his desert home plugged it.
     Click here for the story

     Residents Told To Avoid Drinking Town Water
     State officials told residents of Norwich, VT on Wednesday to avoid their drinking water after the town's water-system operator found a vandalized lock on the reservoir cover, prompting fears of possible contamination.
     Get the story from burlingtonfreepress.com

    NRWA TO Assist Small Companies In Securing Drinking Water  Supplies
     WASHINGTON — The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) said it is moving immediately to assist the over 4,400 US drinking water systems in conducting security vulnerability assessments as required by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, signed by President Bush on Wednesday.
         Click here for the story

     

June 2002:

  • "Awards of Excellence" Winners

  • House-Senate Committee Report on Bioterrorism Bill
    On May 22, the House-Senate Conference Commiteea greed to legislation that will require systems over 3,300 population conduct vulnerability assessments.  Rural Water pressed for reasonableness for small communities and Congress agreed to exempt the smallest systems. This bill should be sent to the President in the coming days and he is expected to sign it into law.
    Click here for the text from the conference report

  • More Water Worries For Santa Fe
     Reservoirs have dropped another two percent since the beginning of May.
     Click here for the story

  • Bioterror Law May Give EPA Too Much Power
    NRWA's Michael Keegan  reports Senate conferees on a bioterrorism bill are considering offering a proposal to extend EPA regulatory authority over small communities to conduct vulnerability assessments and require that assessments be submitted to EPA.
    Get the story from Watertechonline.com