• CA-NV AWWA 2012 Annual Fall Conference
  October 8-11, San Diego California
• 7th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference
  October 16-18, Sacramento, CA
• EPA-Tribes Conference
  November 27-29, San Francisco, CA
  

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Sept. 29

 

 

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Restoring the San Francisco Bay Delta

EPA has unveiled a new action plan focused on managing the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary to improve water quality and restore aquatic habitat.

• More about the San Francisco Bay Delta Watershed
• KRCB: Action Plan to Address Toxins and Stressors

Protecting the U.S.-Mexico Border Region

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson joined Mexico’s Secretary for the Environment and Natural Resources Juan Elvira Quesada in Tijuana to sign a bi-national agreement to reduce air, water, and land pollution and improve environmental stewardship in the border region.

• The U.S.-Mexico Border 2020 Program
• KPBS: Addressing Border Environmental Health

Honoring Environmental Heroes

A Hawaii company that develops algae for use in biofuels, a Los Angeles environmental justice advocate, and Arizona State University's Sustainable Cities Network are among the 12 winners of EPA's 2012 Environmental Awards for the Pacific Southwest.

• About the 2012 Award Winners
• Associated Press: Honolulu Company Wins EPA Award

Journey to American Samoa

Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld recently represented EPA at a meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force in American Samoa. He also toured American Samoa EPA's new LEED-certified office building.

• Samoa News: The Clean Water Act and Our Coral Reefs
• Real Estate Rama: Jared Blumenfeld Honors Green Building
• American Samoa Photo Gallery
• United States Coral Reef Task Force

Sustainable Drinking Water for Nevada

An EPA grant to the University of Nevada, Reno, will support the development of innovative treatment methods to protect people's health by keeping harmful contaminants out of drinking water.

• KRNV Reno: Science Grant of Nearly $500,000 for University