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Drinking water and wastewater utilities can use U.S. EPA’s Water Utility Public Awareness Kit to reach and inform their customers and communities about the value of water services. Using print, web, and TV communication methods and approaches, the kit includes an infographic poster, mailers, video, web, and print public service announcements. Some of these materials can be easily personalized with the utility’s own logo.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, September 16^th 2:00-3:00 pm EDT targeted at water sector professionals that focuses on the coordination that occurs between water utilities and their public health partners during investigation of and response to possible water contamination. The webinar will:

U.S. EPA has provided wallet cards of easy-to-reference information on the roles of water sector Incident Command System (ICS) staff. The cards are customizable templates designed to fit in your wallet, and they cover such staff positons as incident commander, public information officer, operations section chief, and logistics section chief, among others. Organizations are free to change the roles and responsibilities to fit the ICS framework identified in their Emergency Response Plan.

On January 31, U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced grants to the Pennsylvania State University, University of South Florida, Colorado State University, and the Water Environment Research Foundation for innovative and sustainable water research to manage harmful nutrient pollution.