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Pub. Date
2010.
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This report contains the findings from a meeting of a diverse group of Colorado businesses, agencies, schools, and nonprofit organizations that provide training services and assistance to public water systems. The purpose of CBU is to provide training, technical assistance, and management support services to public water systems so they can strengthen their ability to supply safe drinking water to the public. In this function, CBU directly provides...
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act (Act) Amendments established a strong emphasis on preventing contamination problems affecting public water systems and their consumers. The revised statute provides for he sustainable use of source water, and helps ensure delivery of continuously safe drinking water by providing the means to improve the technical, managerial and financial capacity of public water systems. The Act also anticipates that the capacity...
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
The Safe Drinking Water Program of the Water Quality Control Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment fully implements a Capacity Development Program that aligns with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). As required by the 1996 Amendments, the Safe Drinking Water Program has prepared this document to describe Colorado's capacity development strategy and to establish the nine strategic goals used to support...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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Launched in 2011, ReNUWIt is the National Science Foundation's first Engineering Research Center dedicated to civil infrastructure and water systems. ReNUWIt encompasses a diverse team of researchers who collaborate with entrepreneurs and practitioners on innovative solutions for urban water infrastructure challenges. This diverse team specifically addresses the diffusion of new technologies in complex systems.
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
This Guidance Handbook is provided by the State of Colorado for Public Water Systems and addresses requirements for the Consumer Confidence Reports (CCR) Rule. The handbook offers guidance on how and when the Consumer Confidence Reports must be provided. It also provides a template for systems to use to prepare their CCR.
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Pub. Date
2009.
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The city of Alamosa's public water system that supplies drinking water to the community became contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. Alamosa's population is about 8,900 people. The outbreak resulted in 442 reported illnesses, 122 of which were laboratory-confirmed, and one death. In general, the city was historically in compliance with all health-based drinking water standards, with the exception of the arsenic standard. Although there were several...
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Pub. Date
c1999
Description
A farm couple in Tennessee fight against the local power company that wants to flood their land as part of a plan for future power development.
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"Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will ours too?"--container.
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Investigates the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply from the perspective of politics, economics, pollution and environmental issues, human rights, public health, and the effects of corporate greed and apathetic governments. Features interviews with scientists and activists, who discuss the water crisis at both the global and human scale. Also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions...
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