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Webinar: 11/21/11 noon - 1pm - The Triple Divide Watershed Coalition - Public Water Supplies Teaming to Protect Water ResourcesA 60 minute webinar discussing the new Triple Divide Watershed Coalition based in Potter County PA and how it is working to team public water supplies for better water resource protection.
This new Potter County coalition has received support from a 2011 WREN Grant ($8,000 Source Water Protection Education Grant), to develop a county-wide coalition with participation of all nine Public Water Suppliers that will educate citizens and school children about ways to protect drinking water source areas from pollution and address the increasing level of gas well drilling in the county.
The coalition created a Source Water Environmental Education Team (SWEET) that will design and distribute educational materials, conduct training using visual models, and perform pre-drill water test documentation. The activities of the grant will have a regional impact supporting suppliers located in Cameron, Elk, and McKean counties.
Presenter: Jim Clark, Penn State Extension, McKean County Pre-registration is required for those who do not have a Friends of Penn State user account. Registration information available at: http://extension.psu.edu/water/webinar-series/schedule/registration

Water and Emergency Management Agency Coordination - A Vital Component of a Successful Response
Please join the WaterISAC and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time for a webcast to learn how a water utility can connect and coordinate with its local emergency management agency (EMA).  The webcast will highlight how water utilities and EMAs can work together, outline why this coordination is mutually beneficial, and provide examples of successful collaboration in Georgia and Pennsylvania.  U.S. EPA's John Whitler will describe a new publication on utility and EMA coordination and provide background information on the utility and EMA relationship. Next, Sandy Smith, from Gwinnet County EMA, will describe how Gwinnet County Department of Water Resources and the Georgia Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network took steps to integrate their response operations with local and state emergency response agencies. Then, John Matz, from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, will describe the importance of water-emergency management connection, what his county is doing to promote this relationship, and the lessons they have learned from their experience.  Remember, better preparedness and coordination between a utility and its emergency management agency leads to a better response.  Attendance is free and open to anyone in the water sector and emergency response communities. Register today - go to www.WaterISAC.org/signup<http://www.WaterISAC.org/signup>