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Boil order for southern Iowa may be lifted
KTTC - Rochester,MN,USA
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the order for customers of the Southern Iowa Rural Water Association after a filtration system at a ...


State honors local water district
Winfield Daily Courier - Winfield,KS,USA
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will award Cowley County Rural Water District No. 4 with the second annual Capacity Development Achievement ...


WattHead: Tests Show Toxic Water Contamination After Tennessee ...
By Jesse Jenkins
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which operates the Kingston coal plant previously said the spill shouldn’t cause “any adverse health effects” unless people “regularly drink untreated river water” downstream from the plant. ...


Melting Causes Headache for Southwest Iowa Water Treatment Plant
MSNBC - USA
... from melting ice and snow in source lakes. The boil order affects only Southern Iowa Rural Water Association customers who receive water treated in Creston. ...





 

 

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Drinking water restored in Maine town

PITTSFIELD, Maine – The phone rings at 11 p.m. – the Town of Pittsfield, Maine has at least two major water main leaks and cannot fill its reservoir. The leaks forced the town to issue a boil order, but technical assistance from rural water technicians helped restore water service two days later.
                “It's all in a day's work,” said Ron Bovine, a circuit rider for the Maine Rural Water Association. “That's what we are here for."
                Scott Noble, Pittsfield Assistant Superintendant of Pittsfield Sewer and Water, called Bovine at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3.


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Atkinson tax rate dips - Quad Cities Online
In other business, Trustee Carolyn Jiles recommended that Bob Floming, who serves as Atkinson water and sewer superintendent, attend an Illinois Rural Water Association-sponsored class on Jan. 22 in Aledo. Mrs. Jiles said there is no ...

Norwalk approves Identity Theft Prevention Program
Indianola Record Herald - Indianola,IA,USA
... all US utilities to create a policy by May 1, 2009. For more information, visit the Iowa Rural Water Association Web site at www.iowaruralwater.org.


Council boosts budet authority
Clay Center Dispatch - Clay Center,KS,USA
30 for an end of the year meeting, --talked to Kansas Rural Water Association representatives about training for employees, benefits of membership, ...


Salazar, Vilsack nominations give voice to rural America
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
"When I explain that to people in rural Colorado," Salazar said, "people come our way." Salazar has drawn praise as a consensus-builder on water issues.


Busy meeting for Higbee Board of Aldermen
Moberly Monitor Index - Moberly,MO,USA
Missouri Rural Water Association Membership was voted to be renewed by a vote of the board. Higbee has worked extensively with the Missouri Rural Water ...

Perfect water world
Waurika News Democrat - Waurika,OK,USA
Waurika sells water to the Township of Ryan and to Rural Water District No. 1, and also has the capability to make bulk water available to other sources. ...


Laredo City Council Approves Budget
Trenton Republican Times - Trenton,MO,USA
Other items discussed include having the maintenance employee, Rodney Bethards, attend a class sponsored by the Missouri Rural Water Association on smoke ...


BLM to gather concerns on wind energy project today
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno,NV,USA
Lawson was one of the original founders of the Nevada Rural Water Association and has actively lobbied for clean water issues and funding at the Nevada ...


City may mark $1M to assist hotel, center
Alexandria Town Talk - Alexandria,LA,USA
The Rural Water Association will be in town July 12-17 and the LMA's conference is scheduled Aug. 6-8. Mayor Jacques Roy opted not to speak on the issue, ...


Maine Water Taste Test Set For Wednesday
WMTW - Auburn,ME,USA
FREEPORT, Maine -- A drinking water taste test is the highlight of Maine Rural Water Association's annual conference Wednesday. ...


PITTSFIELD: Water is deemed clean
Morning Sentinel - portland,maine,USA
The Maine Rural Water Association assisted the town with testing the water at four areas in Pittsfield and found no evidence of Total Coliform, ...


EPA orders 11 California public drinking water systems in ...
U.S. EPA.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
The EPA ordered 11 public drinking water systems in California to reduce the level of arsenic in their drinking water systems or face penalties of up to ...


Harnett commissioners laud outgoing chairman
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville,NC,USA
Among other milestones, Harnett’s rural water and sewer utility system — the largest in the state — has been expanded. What they said: “I want to thank you ...


Viewpoint: Keeping the salt out of surface, drinking water
South Washington County Bulletin - Cottage Grove,MN,USA
In fact, it may seem odd to talk about water quality at this time of year, when our lakes are buried under a layer of ice, our swimsuits are wadded up at ...


Recycled drinking water gives new meaning to bottoms up!
Examiner.com - USA
After all, according to the United Nations, today, a billion people worldwide don't have clean drinking water. Here in the southwestern United States, ...


City of Pickens water bills going up
Greenville News - Greenville,SC,USA
... in large part to the water plant upgrade, a $16.3 million project for which the council voted to submit a grant application to USDA Rural Development. ...


AT&T agreement will improve 911 system
El Dorado Times - El Dorado,KS,USA
In other business, the commission held a public hearing for annexation of Rural Water District No. 6. The area was being annexed after two existing water ...


Industry to Obama: Prioritize water issues
Water Technology Online - Latham,NY,USA
DENVER — The water industry is calling on President-elect Barack Obama to make drinking water issues, such as safe drinking water standards, source water ...


D'Antonio: support omnibus bill
By Laura Paskus(Laura Paskus)
Important legislation in the Omnibus bill for New Mexico includes the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, which is a major component of the State of New Mexico’s settlement with the Navajo Nation, and legislation ...


James Bond movie uses water rights issues for backdrop
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
Gleick says that even in the western United States, there's growing conflict over competition for water r
esources between rural areas and cities. ...

Cleveland County says water district needs time
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
BY JENNIFER GRISWOLD NORMAN — Cleveland County commissioners agreed Monday to ask for an extension on a grant to help install a rural water system. ...


PITTSFIELD Water and sewer rates expected to increase
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
Ruth said she will work with the Maine Rural Water Association so "hopefully there's a way to do this over a period of time." There's an upside to having ...


Challenges Ahead for Rural Water Companies in Texas ...

Here in Texas, rural water companies get tremendous technical and legal assistance from our state association, the nonprofit Texas Rural Water Association ("TRWA"). ...


Training

The Oklahoma Rural Water Association conducts a wide variety of training sessions and workshops throughout the State for water and wastewater system board members, managers, operators and bookkeepers. All of these classes are provided free of charge... "

South Dakota’s rural water system gets a high-tech update – Daily ...

The oldest rural water system in South Dakota now processes 2-million-gallons a ... Construction Costs and the Outlook for Steel Prices (November 4, 2008) ...


Ohio Environmental Education Fund Awards $37230 to Ohio Rural ...

The Ohio Environmental Education Fund (OEEF) has awarded a $37230 grant to The Ohio Rural Water Association for a project titled "Education for the ...

County wastewater staff to receive EPA award
Sussex Countian - Georgetown,DE,USA
... the USDA Rural Development Office, the Delaware Rural Water Association, Delaware Technical & Community College, and Gold & Associates. ...


Local man named state water pioneer
Norman Transcript - Norman,OK,USA
Also receiving the 2008 award were Robbie Robbins, a cotton farmer and rancher from Altus, and Garner Garrison, a rural water supply advocate from Gore. ...


York Water District hosts safety event
York Weekly - Portsmouth,NH,USA
YORK — The York Water District, in conjunction with Maine Rural Water Association, hosted its first Safety Rodeo for water, wastewater, public works and ...

 

 
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