National Make a Splash initiatives reaches 1 million kids a year ahead of schedule COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - - One million American children will be safer in and around the water, thanks to the USA Swimming Foundation's Make a Splash initiative, which reported its one-millionth enrollment this month. Make a Splash is a national, child-focused water safety initiative that aims to provide the opportunity for every child in America to learn to swim. The one million children have enrolled in programs that are hosted by the Foundation's more than 400 local partner organizations in 45 states. The Foundation had stated the goal of getting 1 million kids in swimming lessons before the end of 2012.
My Administration is working to protect and conserve our natural wonders for future generations. To keep our National Park System vibrant, we requested the highest increase ever in park operations funding in the FY 2008 Budget and launched the National Parks Centennial Initiative. We are also promoting responsible stewardship and conservation of our air, water, and land. Harmful air pollutants are down more than 10 percent since 2001, but there is more work to be done.
... there is poverty, poor sanitation, unsafe water, and malnutrition. These diseases are termed "negl... for Neglected Tropical Diseases--an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, the Inter-American...There has been some success in both national and regional efforts to control NTDs in the region...
DENVER, June 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- East Bay Municipal Utility District's Orinda Water Treatment Plant, Orinda, Calif., became just the fifth water utility ever to receive Phase IV "Excellence in Water Treatment" recognition from the Partnership for Safe Water. This program is a national volunteer initiative developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other water organizations. Water suppliers in the Partnership strive to provide their communities with drinking water quality that surpasses the required federal standards. Phase IV is the highest possible level of performance that can be achieved in the Partnership program, and signifies optimized plant performance.
.... The Queensland initiative falls in line with a similar initiative by the Fed...The National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme... under the Act, such as the National Water Initiative, the Carbon Farming Initiative and recy...
DENVER, March 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency's Paul M. Neal Water Treatment Facility in Lake Bluff, Ill., became just the third water utility ever to receive Phase IV "Excellence in Water Treatment" recognition from the Partnership for Safe Water. This program is a national volunteer initiative developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other water organizations. Water suppliers in the Partnership strive to provide their communities with drinking water quality that surpasses the required federal standards. Phase IV is the highest possible level of performance that can be achieved in the Partnership program, and signifies optimized plant performance.
In the 1990s, South Africa, like other southern African countries, embarked on an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)-inspired water reform process that culminated in the promulgation of the National Water Act in 1998, four years after achieving democracy. The adoption of IWRM, which emphasizes second generation water issues (such as demand management, water quality, environmental flow requirements etc), and not the development of water infrastructure, begs the question whether this can make a meaningful contribution to the development agenda in a country where, during apartheid, the water rights of millions of the black majority population were systematically expunged due to unjust legislation and underinvestment in water infrastructure. This paper analyzes the suitability of ...
... for the Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA). RESIS and RESIS -Rechar...
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