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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DATE: April 30, 2009
CONTACT: Sarah Pillsbury, NHDES, (603) 271-1168
David Paris, NHWWA, (603) 624-6482

Media Advisory
DES and NH Water Works Association to Highlight Drinking Water Week with Daily Press Releases

Concord, N.H. – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Service and the New Hampshire Water Works Association (NHWWA) will celebrate National Drinking Water Week, May 3 – 9, 2009 with a series of daily press releases that will focus on pressing water supply-related issues facing New Hampshire. NHWWA’s membership consists of municipal water systems, community-type water systems, investor-owned water utilities, water works equipment and materials manufacturers and suppliers, engineers, consultants and government regulators and others.

The schedule of press releases:

May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8	Challenges facing small community systems Aging infrastructure, insufficient funding Private well users at risk without proper testing & treatment Sustainability in the face of climate change How we use our “drinking” water: outdoors!
WHAT: WHEN: WHO:	Daily Press Releases During Drinking Water Week May 4 – 8, 2009 N.H. Department of Environmental Services and N.H. Water Works Association

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