The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $3.3 million in funding to five institutions to research human and ecological health impacts associated with water reuse and conservation practices.“Increasing demand for water resources is putting pressure on the finite supply of drinking water in some areas of the United States,” says Thomas A. Burke, EPA science advisor and deputy assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Research and Development. “The research announced today will help us manage and make efficient use of the water supply in the long term.”Water conservation practices that promote water reuse are becoming increasingly important, especially in the western United States, where
