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1. EPA Releases Updated Sustainability Plan
   12/5/2013

   As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and lead in clean energy, EPA recently released its 2013 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan that outlines actions planned over the next year to cut energy use and waste in agency operations.

2. Report Shows Farm Bill Conservation Practices Reduce Runoff Of Nutrients, Sediment In Chesapeake Bay Watershed
   12/5/2013

   A record number of voluntary conservation practices adopted by Chesapeake Bay farmers since 2006 have significantly reduced the amount of nitrogen, sediment and phosphorus leaving cultivated croplands, according to a new report released recently.

3. Kannapolis, NC Selects Mueller Systems' Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) System
   12/5/2013

   The City of Kannapolis, North Carolina will upgrade its water system with Mueller Systems' state-of-the-art advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network.

4. The ‘Beast’ Draws A Crowd In Richmond Illinois
   12/4/2013

   In late October, Enviro-Care sponsored a demonstration of its innovative septage receiving  system installed at the Richmond Illinois WWTP.

5. Nidec Motor Corporation Unveils New Vertical Extra High Thrust Motors
   12/4/2013

   With the NGWA Groundwater Expo as a backdrop, Nidec Motor Corporation, the leader in vertical motors,announced a new line of vertical extra high thrust motors recently.

6. Stinson Beach Installs PAX Water Mixer In Storage Tank To Maintain High Water Quality
   12/4/2013

   PAX Water Technologies, the leader in Stinsonadvanced technologies for water distribution systems, recently unveiled the installation of a PAX Water Mixer in a potable water storage tank operated by Stinson Beach County Water District in Marin, Calif.

7. USDA, EPA Partnership Supports Water Quality Trading To Benefit Environment, Economy
   12/3/2013

   The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced an expanded partnership to support water quality trading and other market-based approaches that provide benefits to the environment and economy.

8. YSI Teams Up With The New York Harbor School And Verizon To Support The Billion Oyster Project
   12/3/2013

   Xylem’s YSI Integrated Systems and Services (ISS) has teamed up with the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School (The Harbor School) and Verizon to collaborate on the Billion Oyster Project (BOP). The project was developed as a long-term oyster restoration project, to restore native oyster species back in to New York Harbor and surrounding estuaries and waterways.

9. Leading Wireless M2M Networking Solutions Provider Gears Up For Global Expansion
   12/3/2013

   FreeWave Technologies, the innovator in industrial-grade, secure M2M wireless networking solutions, recently announced it is expanding its international footprint outside of North and Latin Americaby adding more than 20 value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe and China. 

10. The Road To 'Instantly Intuitive'
    12/3/2013

    Intuitive means many things to many people, but most agree that intuitive designs should work for you and not the other way around. It simply doesn't feel intuitive if you must source third-party products to make the solution work - like historical databases, OPC drivers, alarm notification, application version control.