Region 3 WaterTA Program

The Region 3 Water Technical Assistance (WaterTA) program is offering direct support to municipalities, tribes, and water utilities in US EPA Region 3 to help them access federal and state funding to address water infrastructure needs. This assistance will be delivered over the coming five years at no cost to recipients, through an award from the US Environmental Protection Agency.  Assistance is available on a need basis, with priority given to historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. 

Communicating Health Concerns Related to PFAS/PFOA

The Water Center at Penn is conducting research on generally available PFAS/PFOA health literature and corresponding outreach communications to assess how public health concerns regarding PFAS/PFOA are messaged, and how accurately the communications are relayed.  Activities will include a synthesis of generally available PFAS/PFOA health literature, and a robust desktop analysis of the methods and modes of communication for the aforementioned literature review.

Water as a Weapon

We don’t yet know what caused the destruction of Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka Dam last week, causing widespread flooding across the southern portion of the country. but foul play seems highly likely. Causing deliberate flooding rarely changes the course of a conflict – but it does cause widespread death and destruction, especially among civilians. That is why using water as a weapon should be banned under international law.