News Release: EPA Awards City of Andrews, Texas, Over $380,000 to Improve Drinking Water Treatment System

EPA Awards City of Andrews, Texas, Over $380,000 to Improve Drinking Water Treatment System   (DALLAS – February 10, 2012) A grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will help improve the drinking water treatment system in Andrews, Texas. The grant for $388,000 will be used by the city to install a filtration and reverse osmosis system to reduce arsenic and fluoride levels in drinking water provided to municipal customers. Exposure to high levels of arsenic can result in kidney disease, as well as lung and liver cancer and excessive levels of fluoride in drinking water can result in abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Once completed, the project will improve the health of Andrews residents.   Additional Information on EPA grants is available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm   More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html   EPA audio file is available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/feb2012.html   # # #   For more information contact Dave Bary or Jennah Durant at 214-665-2208 or r6press@epa.gov You can view or update your subscriptions or e-mail address at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. All you will need is your e-mail address. If you have any questions or problems e-mail support@govdelivery.com for assistance.  This service is provided to you at no charge by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.    This email was sent to elmasry.webmaster@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW · Washington DC 20460 · 202-564-4355