New York Rural Water Association

EPA has developed tools to help water utilities prepare for, respond to, and recover from hurricane-related impacts. Check out our incident action checklist and other free resources, and remember to heed watches and warnings issued by your local National Weather Service forecast office.

In the age of water filters and pricey bottled water options, consumers may get confused about the best way to access drinking water.

But scientists speaking to NPR laid out what water utility pros already know: Tap water is usually the best choice.

Friday, July 27 is the deadline to apply for funding to purchase conservation easements or parcels of land to protect one or more active public surface water drinking water supplies or one or more active public groundwater drinking water wells.  This funding is through the Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) program, a competitive, statewide reimbursement grant program open to local governments and not-for-profit corporations.  For source water protection land acquisition, this grant program requires

Report on Water Workforce Provides New Data on Challenges, Opportunities

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A new report from the Brookings Institution provides a detailed and data-driven look at careers in the water sector, finding that while there are looming shortages and a need for diversity in the workforce, water jobs are a tremendous economic opportunity for the American worker.