Holiday Office Closing
Just a reminder that our offices will be closed Thursday, November 22 & Friday, November 23 for Thanksgiving.
We have many reasons to be thankful, our fantastic members are at the top of that list!
Initial Cert Prep (JST)
New York Rural Water Association and JumpStartTesting, LLC have joined together to provide operators with another tool to help prepare for their next exam. Practice questions, along with correct answers and references are available for Water Treatment, Water Distribution, Wastewater Treatment Biological, and Collections and for all levels at this time, others to be added in the future.
NYRWA Founders Scholarship Application
NYRWA Founders Scholarship Application
The application is available http://nyruralwater.org/downloads/downloads-index (the link is on right hand side).
Please be sure to share this application with anyone that will be attending college in the fall of 2019.
Congratulations Doug Smorol and Kevin Maine
It’s another fantastic day here at YOUR association.
In Memory of Patrick Joyce
Obituary for Patrick Joyce
JOYCE - Patrick
Of Holland, NY, October 06, 2018.
Son of Alice and the late Rodger
Joyce; Best friend and Partner of Joy
Of Holland, NY, October 06, 2018.
Son of Alice and the late Rodger
Joyce; Best friend and Partner of Joy
Student and Teacher Share Website with NYRWA
We were very pleased to receive the email below from Miss Gribben, a teacher, who was assisting her student Laura with a class project. With Students and Teachers like this, we know our future is bright.
Please take a minute and view the link Laura provided, we found it very educational. Our thanks to Miss Gribben and Laura for sharing!
National Drug Take Back Day is October 27, 2018
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. National Take-Back Day is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs.
'Simply not flushable': Thousands of pounds of wipes clog sewer system
Chelsea Robinson
CHARLESTON, S.C. —
Unbelievable images out of South Carolina show how wipes can wreak havoc on a sewer system.
Water Use Reaches Lowest Recorded Level in 45 Years
According to a new USGS report which can be accessed at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir1441, 322 billion gallons of water per day were withdrawn for use in the United States during 2015, a 9 percent reduction of water use from 2010. This is the lowest level since before 1970. Tim Petty, assistant secretary for Water and Science at the Department of the Interior, said “the downward trend in water use shows a continued effort towards effi
Emerging Contaminants Project Planning Grants
The New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (NYS EFC) is pleased to announce the availability of up to $1 million in grant funding to municipalities to help pay for the planning and development of eligible drinking water infrastructure projects that protect public health by removing or otherwise addressing emerging contaminants such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)