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Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series

Take CDC’s Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series (SWPI) for safer well water through stronger public health programs. SWPI...

Feb 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • CDC e-Learning Series: Safe Water Program Improvement

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series (SWPI) to...

    Jan 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • Report: Closing the Water Quality Gap

    The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulates the nation’s public drinking water supply, safeguarding drinking water for the...

    Nov 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee Meeting

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to...

    Sep 15, 2016 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith

  • National Water Quality Month: A Reminder to Enhance Water Safety and Sustainability...

    National Water Quality Month in August serves as an important reminder for local health departments to reflect on the safety of water...

    Aug 06, 2015 | Stella Bartholet

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    Greener Guidance: Green Burials

    Note: This is the fourth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. November 2018 Dear Greener Guidance, I am working on revising our local health department cemetery guidelines to include green burials. I wondered if any other health department in the country has any “best practices” […]

    Nov 08, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

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    Submit an Abstract for the Enhancing Safety in Private Drinking Water Systems Virtual Conference

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is hosting the EnSafe: Enhancing Safety in Private Drinking Water Systems virtual conference on October 16-17, 2018. EnSafe brings professionals together in a unique environment to exchange information, ideas, and to discover new solutions. The conference is designed to enhance the knowledge of environmental public health professionals and...

    Aug 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series

    Take CDC’s Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series (SWPI) for safer well water through stronger public health programs. SWPI helps health department programs strengthen services to people that use wells, cisterns, springs, and other private drinking water systems not covered by the Safe Drinking Water Act. Oversight for these systems vary, but core elements of […]

    Feb 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    CDC e-Learning Series: Safe Water Program Improvement

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series (SWPI) to create safer well water through stronger public health programs. SWPI helps health department programs strengthen services to people that use wells, cisterns, springs, and other private drinking water systems not covered by the Safe Drinking Water […]

    Jan 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Report: Closing the Water Quality Gap

    The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulates the nation’s public drinking water supply, safeguarding drinking water for the majority of US residents. However, the SDWA does not apply to all drinking water sources. Privately owned wells serve approximately 12% of the US population, or 34 million residents. These smaller water systems do not meet […]

    Nov 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee Meeting

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to discuss high priority issues for the EPA and local, state, and tribal governments working on environmental efforts. The LGAC is composed of locally elected and appointed officials (e.g., mayors, county executives, city managers, commissioners, etc.), state...

    Sep 15, 2016 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith

    National Water Quality Month: A Reminder to Enhance Water Safety and Sustainability Efforts

    National Water Quality Month in August serves as an important reminder for local health departments to reflect on the safety of water in their communities. Although the United States has one of the most developed drinking water systems in the world, there are still many factors that threaten the quality and quantity of drinking water. […]

    Aug 06, 2015 | Stella Bartholet

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