Rural Water - Quarter 1, 2009 - (Page 50)

EPA announced last month a proposed finding that there is not a meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction by setting a national standard for perchlorate. We developed comments to the Agency supporting their decision and encouraged them to make the determination final as soon as possible. implementing their programs.” We continue to get lots of questions regarding this rule, have posted frequently asked questions at www.ruralwater.org, and have also developed a simple compliance model that can be obtained by contacting your state rural water association. Transition package for President Obama The four major drinking water associations created a transition package explaining the industry’s priorities and challenges. The package included topics such as stimulus funding, infrastructure funding, Safe Drinking Water Act issues, climate change, source water protection and water system security. The transition paper can be downloaded from www.ruralwater.org. NRWA commends EPA for their preliminary decision not to regulate perchlorate EPA announced last month a proposed ﬁnding that there is not a meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction by setting a national standard for perchlorate. We developed comments to the Agency supporting their decision and encouraged them to make the determination ﬁnal as soon as possible. First utility completed the pilot test using the rural water chemical security model We conducted an onsite visit and completed a thorough evaluation of east coast utilities chemical and gaseous chlorine facilities. The review enabled the security team to conduct a thorough evaluation of the utilities chemical storage and safety procedures. The town manager, two chief operators, two Rural Water ﬁeld staff, and staff from National Rural Water all participated in the exercise. The exercise was launched to test the NRWA Chemical Security Model. The next step will be automation of the tool so that all utilities across the country can ensure their chemical security and disinfectant that best meets the needs of the community is properly used, stored and transported. CONTROL MICROSYSTEMS SCADA products for the distance Evolve your ideas SCADA products designed to ensure data integrity in any water or wastewater monitoring system. Open Architecture SCADA Host OPC and SQL compliant Use any controller, scalable from 1 to 1000s of ﬁeld devices Secure, ﬂexible and reliable. The Industry’s Benchmark Controllers Offering wide range of expansion modules, including SDI-12. Flexible communications with DNP, Modbus and Ethernet. Industrial Strength Wireless Wide range of cost effective licensed and unlicensed radio solutions. Ultra Series = high speed, low latency spread spectrum data radios. www.controlmicrosystems.com 50 • First Quarter1 2009 378187_Control.indd 4/25/08 6:28:48 PM http://www.ruralwater.org http://www.ruralwater.org http://www.ruralwater.org http://www.controlmicrosystems.com

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Rural Water - Quarter 1, 2009 Contents From the President Question & Answer: Water Conservation in the Home Avoiding the Humpty Dumpty Approach to Data Backup From the CEO What the Future Holds Asset Management for Small Communities Understanding Your Surface Water Source: The Rivers Hydraulic Models Expeditionary Water Packaging System Graces Delta The Rural Water Rally in April Training in Hawaii Regulatory Update Rural Water Releases Report on Water Infrastructure Projects and Economic Stimulus Legislation Throwing My Loop Advertisers.com Index to Advertisers

Rural Water - Quarter 1, 2009

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