http://www.drinktap.org/ Last week, EPA’s WaterSense program announced its final specification for showerheads. http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=54085 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:36:46 GMT March 7-13 is National Ground Water Awareness Week! http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=54086 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:42:03 GMT NASA announced earlier this week that it's Mini-SAR instrument found more than 40 small craters on the moon that contain water ice. The craters range in size from 1 to 9 miles (2 to15 km) in diameter. Although the total amount of ice depends on its thickness in each crater, it's estimated there could be at least 1.3 trillion pounds (600 million metric tons) of water ice on the moon. http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=54079 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:48:11 GMT As one of many events designed to highlight successes of the American Recovery and Recovery Act (ARRA) over the past year, USEPA and Brighton Water held a ceremony here in the Denver area on Wednesday. http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=53982 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:18:41 GMT Dr. James Symons (Dr. Water) will be appearing on local radio stations nationwide this week to discuss the newest edition of Plain Talk About Drinking Water. Information about all of his interviews is below. If you live in one of the cities listed, we encourage you to tune in and learn more about topics including water quality, water sources, taste & odor, distribution, conservation and more. http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=53939 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:23:27 GMT Earlier this week, news media across the country ran a story about how the Cleveland Cavaliers have removed all of the drinking fountains from their stadium. http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=53820 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:48:36 GMT There's an interesting story on the BBC website today about how spider silk alters itself to catch water droplets, and how that technology might be used in future to develop man-made fibers that will help water collection in dry areas by stretching out nets, or canvas, on poles and using the mesh to catch moisture from mists or breezes. The runoff would then be collected in a pipe or a trough on the ground. http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=53740 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:25:45 GMT A gentleman named Edward Brown recently wrote an article for Relevant Magazine, in which he highlights the 5 biggest myths about humanitarian aid. In light of the efforts going on in Haiti, we thought this would be something helpful to share. http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=53557 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:25:56 GMT If you follow such things, you might have seen the news yesterday that a coalition of elected officials, experts, organizations and other individuals met in Washington, DC on Wedneasday to call on Congress and the Obama Administration to create a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) to help generate the investment needed for infrastructure projects of regional and national importance. http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=53427 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:08:32 GMT Some news today about two of our favorite topics - baseball and water conservation. http://www.awwa.org/Drinktap/BlogPost.cfm?ItemNumber=53143 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:35:19 GMT