Global water quality monitoring effort begins To ensure that
Americans and citizens around the globe have clean water for
domestic, agricultural, commercial and recreational uses, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is partnering with Americas
Clean Water Foundation and the International Water Association
to urge people around the world to test the quality of their
streams, lakes, wetlands, and coastal waters. The first World
Water Monitoring Day will be held Oct. 18, 2003. EPA Assistant
Administrator for Water G. Tracy Mehan III, Roberta Savage,
President of Americas Clean Water Foundation, and Andrew Speers,
representing the International Water Association, London,
England, held a news conference at the National Press Club in
Washington, D.C. to announce the first World Water Monitoring
Day and to talk about the importance of monitoring water quality
by collecting and analyzing water samples and using adequate
data to protect the worlds water resources. "At this time we do
not have sufficient informati