Op-Ed: Pour some sense into your water usage
junio 1, 2015
Did you know that if you turn off the tap while brushing your teeth you could save up to three gallons of water? Did you know that leaks can waste the average household 10,000 gallons of water per year?
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EPA assigns $27M for clean water projects in Puerto Rico
marzo 20, 2015
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it has allotted $27 million to Puerto Rico to help finance improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment.
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Drinking water to be focus of AIDIS-Puerto Rico congress
febrero 26, 2015
Issues and challenges related to drinking water, climate change and its impact on water bodies, new water purification technologies will be some of the main discussions of the XII Puerto Rican Congress of Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences that will be held March 4-6 at the Metropolitan Campus of the Inter American University.
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EPA to hold free ‘citizen science’ conferences Sept. 11-12
septiembre 5, 2014
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be holding day-long workshops on Sept. 11-12 at the University of Puerto’s Rio Piedras campus to share information about ways in which people can get involved in collecting environmental data in their communities.
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Achieving energy efficiency doesn’t have to break bank
febrero 27, 2014
Lowering energy costs has become a number one priority for scores of businesses all over the world, and particularly in Puerto Rico, where their budgets take a serious hit every month when electricity bills arrive.
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Restaurants balk at new PRASA regulatory charge
diciembre 20, 2013
The Puerto Rico Restaurant Association raised a red flag Thursday against the decision by the Aqueduct and Sewer and Authority’s examiner to enact an Environmental and Regulatory Compliance fee based on consumption for customers whose meters are less than 2 inches in diameter, and a flat rate for those with larger meters.
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Private sector groups ask PRASA to delay new water fee
octubre 30, 2013
Sixteen organizations representing a cross-section of the island’s private sector warned the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority that a new environmental fee currently under review will represent a blow to economic development, cause business closures, bankruptcies and the loss of thousands of jobs.
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EPA: 11% menos toxinas liberadas en la tierra, el aire y el agua de Puerto Rico
16 de enero de 2013
El informe anual de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos sobre la cantidad de sustancias químicas tóxicas vertidas al suelo, al aire y al agua por las instalaciones industriales en 2011 mostró una disminución del 11 % en Puerto Rico durante el último año objeto del informe.
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EPA grants Puerto Rico $46M for clean water projects
octubre 17, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $46 million to Puerto Rico to help finance improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment. The funds will primarily be used to upgrade sewage plants and drinking water systems throughout the island.
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