Celebrate National Drinking Water Week! May 4 - 10

#Holidays are almost a national pastime in this country. There are the typical national holidays:  New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Columbus Day. There are the card-industry holidays:  Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Halloween.  And there are some truly bizarre and unique holidays too! There is Trivia Day (January 4^th), Star Wars Day (May 4^th), National Garden Week (June 1-7), and National Peanut Day (September 13^th).

 

One celebration you will want to observe is National Drinking Water Week!  In 1988, the American Water Works Association brought this event to the attention of the US Government, and formed a coalition with other associations and the Environmental Protection Agency (#EPA).  This year it falls May 4^th through May 10^th.  Not only do you want to drink fresh, clean water, you may want to learn how to protect your drinking water for life.  You may want to know which states participate in the Drinking Water Watch, which is information about regulated water systems available online from some state agencies.

 

In honor of #NationalDrinkingWaterWeek, the EPA has recently posted information and links to more resources to enable consumers to become more educated about source water protection.