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Ten ways utilities are communicating on Twitter

By Jennifer Wilson, Smallwatersupply.org

Twitter offers an opportunity to communicate quickly and succinctly with customers and other utilities alike. Smallwatersupply.org gives you 10 examples of how water and wastewater systems of various sizes are using Twitter >>

Smallwatersupply.org video of the week

View the recording on YouTube of a May 2012 webinar for users of SmallWaterSupply.org. The video goes through each part of the website and shows viewers how to use the search features to find resources and events on a wide range of operator topics. >> 

EPA launches first waste to biogas mapping tool

Promotes Using Organic Waste for Generating Energy
Press release: June 2012

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Region has launched an online “waste to biogas mapping tool” to support the use of organic waste for energy projects. Read more and access mapping tool >>

New tool for first-time homebuyers

By Leland Jones, HUD highlights

Washington State Housing Finance Commission announces the launch of its new HomeAdvantage (http://wshfc.org/buyers/HomeAdvantage.htm) under which the Commission will offer first 30-year mortgages – FHA, conventional, Fannie Mae, RHS or VA – to borrowers with annual pre-tax household incomes of $97,000 or less at a competitive interest rate but provide a second mortgage to be used for down payment or closing costs. For more information and eligibility requirements >>

For housing highlights and news in your area visit HUD’s newsroom >> 

A Drop of Knowledge - electronic newsletter (formerly eBulletin)

A Drop of Knowledge (formerly the eBulletin ) is one of Rural Community Assistance Program’s (RCAP) main communications resources. It is an electronic newsletter delivered via email that provides tools focusing on issues facing water and wastewater systems and small, rural communities. The newsletter provides to provide: useful, practical information – knowledge that you can put into action in your water or wastewater system or community and a small amount of new knowledge – just enough to make a difference without requiring you to embark on large improvements that may be overwhelming. To subscribe >>

For an overview of RCAP’s work in rural communities and resources available>> 

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