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Small Flows Quarterly, Fall 2004, Volume 5, Number 4
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N E W S & N O T E S
New Web Site Keeps Water
Quality Testing Standards
Current and Accessible
For the first time, water professionals
can access up-to-the-minute
developments in water quality testing
standards and consult with other
experts through a new site on the
World Wide Web.
Three prominent water and public
health organizations, the American
Public Health Association, the
American Water Works Association,
and the Water Environment Federation,
have launched an online, subscription-based
service of the popular
Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater at
www.StandardMethods.org. Print
versions of Standard Methods have
served as the industry guide for
water quality testing for 99 years,
providing more than 350 separate
methods of water quality measurements
used by industry scientists,
analysts and engineers.
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has a new Web
site offering environmental policies
and best practices from countries
around the world. The online global
library provides links to journals,
databases, guidelines, programs, and
case studies involving innovations in
air, toxics, waste, and water issues,
as well as multi-media approaches,
such as environmental management
systems (EMS), sustainable transport,
smart growth, and industrial ecology.
It provides examples of state and
local partnerships with other countries
and regions that have resulted
in creative environmental solutions
in the U.S., such as
• constructed wetlands to treat
wastewater;
Standard Methods
Online will add
the following services:
• new, revised, and U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency approved
methods will be continuously
updated and available for
download 24 hours a day, seven
days a week;
• subscribers will receive e-mail notification
of additions, updates,
and approvals as they happen;
• fully searchable text;
• e-newsletter highlighting the latest
issues and trends; and
• access to a community of experts
through online discussion forums.
”In addition to enabling quicker
dissemination of new and revised
New Web Site Showcases
International Innovative
Environmental Solutions
• green buildings and renewable
energy to address climate and air
pollution;
• industrial ecology to support pollution
prevention and brownfields
revitalization;
• a list of fellowships for group and
individual exchanges; and
• a number of resources on evaluating
international initiatives.
The library will help state and
local governments, federal agencies,
nongovernmental organizations, as
well as other countries learn from
these experiments. For more information,
visit the Web site at
www.epa.gov/innovation/international.
methods, adding Standard Methods
Online will create a constant energy
for new methods to be produced,”
said Lenore Clesceri, chair of the
Standards Methods Joint Editorial
Board.
Older methods that could not be
included in revised printed editions
due to space constraints will also be
retained online, pending review and
approval by the Standard Methods
Committee.
EPA
Launches
New Water
Program
Web Site
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Office
of Water has announced
the opening of a new Web
site providing in one place
access to a range of key information
about the water
program strategic plan and
supporting materials. The site
is a convenient, one-stop access
point to:
• the new EPA Strategic Plan;
• the draft national water
program guidance document;
• Water Sub-objective Implementation
Plans; and
• Regional Plans from each
EPA region.
The Web site is located at
www.epa.gov/water/
waterplan.