Advances in Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Implementing Mitigation Strategies

Tuesday, April 11 | 3pm – 4:30pm ET (2pm CT, 1pm MT, 12pm PT)  Register for this Webcast This webcast is free and open to the public.  For drinking water and wastewater utilities working to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, understanding current GHG emission sources is the first step. Utilities usually generate GHG inventories based … Read more

New Podcast: The Value of EPA Safer Choice for the Cleaning Industry

  EPA experts recently appeared on Straight Talk, the podcast from the cleaning industry association, ISSA.  The discussion focused on the value of the Safer Choice label for consumers, manufacturers and cleaning professionals: Using products certified by Safer Choice means a safer workplace and a great service to customers. Nearly 2,000 cleaning products that are … Read more

EPA Tools & Resources Training Webinars

Underground Storage Tank (UST) Finder Thursday, April 6, 2023 3-4 pm ET There are 540,000 underground storage tanks in the US with 60,000 releases remaining to be cleaned up. The greatest potential threat from these sites is groundwater contamination, the drinking water source for nearly half of the US population. UST Finder was developed to better address … Read more

Manufacturing Energy Saving Recommendation – Exchange Propane Forklifts for Electric

Part of the work SC E3 does includes participating in site visits to perform energy conservation assessments. SC E3 has been involved with several assessments at manufacturing facilities and has developed recommendations that could be implemented at other sites as ways to reduce energy use and save money. Below is a sample recommendation for the … Read more

EPA Proposes National Drinking Water Standard for PFAs

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a regulation that would require public water systems to track per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, notify the public when PFAS and PFOA are present in water and take action to remove the chemicals if contamination exceeds 4 parts per trillion. The agency also wants to regulate four other PFAS as … Read more