2008 NAWC Annual Conference October 19-22, 2008

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Join your colleagues in the private water industry for the biggest private water event of the year — the 2008 Annual Conference of the National Association of Water Companies. Water utility executives, state and federal regulators, service providers — all of the key players in the private water industry — will come together, October 19-22, at the Eldorado Hotel and Spa in Santa Fe, N.M.

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Column Contributor: WATER FOR PEOPLE Targeting Sanitation in Bolivia

In rural Bolivia, a toilet is seen as a beautiful thing — a fancy luxury that is much too fine to be used for its intended purpose. Instead, toilets might be used to store potatoes or even live chickens. To have a toilet is a status symbol, whether or not it is operational or even outfitted with running water or pipes. These kinds of attitudes are typical of the special challenges we face in working to improve sanitation in our country.

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American Water Receives National Awards for Excellence in Water Quality

American Water announced the receipt of nine Directors Awards of Recognition from the Partnership for Safe Water this year for maintaining Phase III certification. The Partnership is a voluntary initiative developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other water organizations to recognize water suppliers that consistently achieve water treatment standards that surpass EPA regulatory requirements.

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Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Security

At the June 12 hearing before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, Benjamin Grumbles, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water and Colonel Robert B. Stephan, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection both testified that the current exemption from chemical security regulations for wastewater treatment and drinking water facilities should be eliminated.

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NARUC Welcomes Pascrell Water Infrastructure Financing Bill

The nation's state regulators applauded Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr., (D-N.J.), for introducing legislation that addresses the critical need to upgrade the nation’s water and wastewater infrastructure.

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