Measure and Estimate Water Wasted Due to Leaks
Environmental Stewardship
Water – Our Most Precious Resource
Water is our most precious resource. It is vitally important that everyone work together to conserve our water supply. And,…
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What clean water infrastructure needs has the EPA reported?
EPA’s 1996 Needs Survey reported $139.5 billion in wastewater infrastructure needs based on eligible costs under the CWA. On March…
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How have federal clean water requirements for local governments changed?
Initially, EPA required local governments with POTWs to construct and implement “secondary treatment,” which is defined as the best available…
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Is clean water infrastructure a good investment?
Clean water infrastructure is a necessary public health and environmental investment, and a sound economic investment. Construction of wastewater facilities…
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What are wet weather sources?
Generally, wet weather sources such as CSOS, SSOS, stormwater systems and nonpoint sources are episodic, short-term discharges generated by rainstorm…
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Does EPA regulate nonpoint sources?
The Clean Water Act does not authorize EPA to directly regulate nonpoint sources of pollution in rural or urban areas…
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What are nonpoint sources of water pollution?
Nonpoint sources of water pollution, also called polluted runoff, result from rainfall that runs off the land and into waterbodies….
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What does the term “publicly owned treatment works” include?
Under the federal Clean Water Act, POTWs are not just the wastewater treatment plants themselves. They include a wide array…
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What is the federal Clean Water Act?
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, establishes a national program to restore and maintain the quality of the nation’s waters. Point…
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