*Written by Teresa Gomez. This past spring the SWEFC organized a pilot initiative designed to encourage undergraduate students at the...
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Educating school-aged children about the water industry
Earlier this year, the curriculum director at a local elementary school, asked me if I would be willing to discuss water treatment with the third...
Happy Drinking Water Week!
This month, in honor of AWWA's Drinking Water Week, we asked each of our staff members their thoughts on drinking water. Here is what they said:...
Consumer Confidence Reports – Transparency with the public
*Written by Rose Afandi. It is almost that time of the year again when all community water systems across the country are required to...
World Water Day 2017
*Written by Dawn Nall. World Water Day is on March 22 every year. The theme for this year is “wastewater.” According to...
Regulations: Love ‘em or Hate ‘em, Common Sense or Overreach
*Written by Heather Himmelberger. Regulations are in the cross hairs right now. Regulations of all kinds, but especially environmental...
Are You Paying Too Much? Understanding your energy rate schedules
*Written by Dawn Nall. For many water systems, the electric (or energy) bill is one of the largest expenses regularly incurred by the water...
Toxic Water – Our Responsibility
*Written by Heather Himmelberger. “4 million Americans could be drinking toxic water and would never know” headlined USA Today on December...
Infrastructure Implications of California’s Water Reduction: The Hidden Issue
There has been a lot of talk in the last couple of weeks about the Governor of California’s water restrictions. He is calling for mandatory...