Oglebay Norton Company Industrial Sands has received National Sanitation Foundation (ANSI/NSF) Standard 61 Certification of its Colorado Springs facility.
The Bush administration is reversing several hardrock mining rules, which will make it easier for companies to mine gold, silver, copper and other minerals on federal property.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state of Wisconsin are collaborating on a $243-million Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to protect the state's water quality and wildlife habitat.
One representative who is a member of the Homeland Security Task Force recently proposed a $7 billion spending package to fight bioterrorism, including $800 million aimed at protecting water and food.
In an effort to preserve safe drinking water supplies for the region, a two-year moratorium on new oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes has been upheld.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories has created a real-time gas and water quality monitoring system that may help in the effort to protect the nation's water supply.