News Highlights

On November 17th, the Water Research Foundation (WRF) is hosting a webcast to present the findings of Asset Management Framework for Forested and Natural Assets (project 4727), which aims to strengthen water utilities’ capacity to account for, invest in, and better manage their natural assets,

Know a water utility with robust Source Water Protection Programs?  Maybe your utility has made great strides or has formed new partnerships to protect your sources waters? Please consider nominating them or your water system for member American Water Works Association (AWWA) Exemplary Source Water Protection Award.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (eastern time), AWWA will hold a webinar on Watershed Protection and Military Installations.

USGS is seeking stakeholder input on the use of, and satisfaction with, their water web-based tools and applications through a short survey.  Your input will allow USGS to better understand the value current applications provide and more importantly, help guide the development of future web-based applications.   

USDA has announced $360 million in funding for the next round of Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) conservation projects. Project applications are now being accepted for locally driven, public-private partnerships that improve the nation’s water quality (including drinking water sources), combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat, and protect agricultural viability.

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) 2020 Exemplary Source Water Protection Award recipients demonstrate the highest level of vision, goals, action plan, innovation, implementation and evaluation in the categories of small, medium and large water systems. Recognition was made to three water systems in different size categories located in Nevada, Illinois, and Arkansas.

ASDWA, a co-chair of the Source Water Collaborative, has published its new PFAS – Source Water Protection Guide and Toolkit and will host a webinar about its launch on June 18th, 2020 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (eastern time).

Don’t forget to register for the Source Water Collaborative webinar this week on “Updates from NRCS and the Northeast: Partnering to Protect Drinking Water.”

On Thursday, June 4th, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (eastern time) the national Source Water Collaborative will host a webinar entitled, “Updates from NRCS and the Northeast: Partnering to Protect Drinking Water.” The webinar will feature presenters from NRCS who will share information about the upcoming bulletin on selecting priority source water protection areas in each state and presenters from AWWA and EPA Region 1 who will highlight their efforts in the Northeast to host “2018 Farm Bill and Source Water Protection” meetings with NRCS, conservation districts, state drinking water programs, and water utilities.

River Network and WaterNow Alliance are teaming up to create a set of “best practices” for relationship building between community groups and water systems to strengthen public investment in environmentally sustainable water infrastructure, and are looking for volunteers to share examples and participate in a Trust Building Workgroup.