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Five Fun Water Facts for Friday

We hope you enjoy a few facts about water and treatment history!   The first municipal water filtration works opened in Paisley, Scotland in 1832. The first United States water plant with filters was built in 1872 in Poughkeepsie, New York.   The average person in the United States uses 80 to 100 gallons of […]

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Central Arizona Project – Part 2

In our last post on the Central Arizona Project, we covered the general construction of this 336-mile-long project, spanning over 20 years and 3.6 billion dollars. Today, we’ll take a look at two dams associated with the CAP; the New Waddell Dam, and the Theodore Roosevelt Dam.   Construction on the New Waddell Dam began in […]

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Surface Water-US Rivers and Canals

Today let’s look at two different types of surface waters in the United States. When you think about it, there are many different types of surface water, and many different ways they can be used. For now, let’s focus on rivers and canals.   The United States has more than 250,000 rivers, which translates to […]

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Safe Drinking Water Act

We covered the Clean Water Act in a previous post. The Safe Drinking Water Act is the Clean Water Act’s counterpart, regulating the treatment of drinking water in the US. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the main federal law that ensures the quality of Americans’ drinking water, originally passed by Congress in 1974 to protect […]

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Cleaning Up Los Angeles’s Shores

Last week, we talked briefly about the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the regulating effect on discharges into America’s waterways. Storm water has become a primary source of pollution around the country, especially in urban areas, as the Clean Water Act has forced the cleanup of wastewater and runoff from industrial facilities. In November of […]

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WaterWatch and the Weekend

As spring gradually gives way to summer, bringing with it warmer weather and longer days, many states and cities are shifting into a water-awareness program. The threat of drought is not unique to a desert climate or to a metropolitan district; the warmer it is, wherever you are, the more water you will use.   […]

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Central Arizona Project – Part 1

Today, we will begin a three-part series highlighting the largest aqueduct system in the United States, the Central Arizona Project. This project was created by the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 30, 1968.   The Central Arizona Project (CAP) is a 336-mile diversion canal designed to deliver 1.5 million acre-feet (488,473,200,000 gallons) annually. […]

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ACWA Spring Conference – Rethinking CA Water

    American Water College will be exhibiting at the Association of CA Water Agencies (ACWA) spring conference in Sacramento! ACWA is “Rethinking CA Water,” through promoting the development, management, and reasonable beneficial use of good quality water.   ACWA President Randy Record: “Water quality, conservation, storage and energy independence are just a few of the topics […]

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