Op-Ed: Pour some sense into your water usage
June 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
March 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
February 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
September 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
February 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
December 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
October 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% fewer toxins released into Puerto Rico land, air, water
January 16, 2013
The annual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report on the amount of toxic chemicals released to the land, air and water by industrial facilities in 2011 showed an 11 percent decrease for Puerto Rico over the past reporting year.
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EPA grants Puerto Rico $46M for clean water projects
October 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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