{"id":2594,"date":"2010-08-17T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T18:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2010-08-17T11:22:01","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T18:22:01","slug":"epa-launches-web-forum-on-how-to-best-protect-america%e2%80%99s-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/epa-launches-web-forum-on-how-to-best-protect-america%e2%80%99s-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Launches Web Forum on How to Best Protect America\u2019s Drinking Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a web-based discussion forum to gather public input on how the agency can improve protection of drinking water. The information will be used in implementing EPA\u2019s new drinking water strategy announced by Administrator Lisa P. Jackson in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to reviewing the ideas and feedback from the public,\u201d said Peter S. Silva, assistant administrator for EPA\u2019s Office of Water. \u201cThis online discussion is for anyone who wants to share their input on protecting drinking water and improving public health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EPA seeks input from water professionals, advocates, and anyone interested in drinking water quality issues about best solutions for issues facing our nation\u2019s drinking water\u2014planning, developing scientific tools, controlling water pollution and use of resources.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion forum will feature a series of topics based on the four segments of the drinking water strategy: addressing contaminants as groups rather than one at a time, fostering development of new technologies, using the existing authority of several statues to protect drinking water, and partnering with states to share more complete data.<\/p>\n<p>The forum will be open for discussion for about a month, with each topic area being discussed separately.\u00a0 Addressing contaminants as groups will also be discussed separately at a web-based meeting at the end of July.<\/p>\n<p>To join the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.epa.gov\/dwstrat\" target=\"_blank\">discussion<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>More information on the new <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/safewater\/sdwa\/dwstrategy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Drinking Water Strategy<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a web-based discussion forum to gather public input on how the agency can improve protection of drinking water. The information will be used in implementing EPA\u2019s new drinking water strategy announced by Administrator Lisa P. Jackson in March. \u201cWe look forward to reviewing the ideas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/epa-launches-web-forum-on-how-to-best-protect-america%e2%80%99s-drinking-water\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EPA Launches Web Forum on How to Best Protect America\u2019s Drinking Water<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions\/2595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}