EPA Administrator Christie Whitman has announced $90,000 in funding for EPA's Youth and the Environment Training and Employment Program. The Program, operated through EPA's regional offices, introduces economically disadvantaged urban and rural high school students to environmental career opportunities, combining summer employment with academic training and hands-on experience. Participating students are exposed to various career possibilities in wastewater treatment, such as wet weather management (combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows), water supply, recycling, energy management, hazardous waste management, and natural resource protection, helping to meet the need for skilled workers in wastewater pollution control. The Program also encourages increased participation in community environmental education programs by teachers and state, municipal, and federal leaders. To find out more about the Youth and the Environment Training and Employment Program, go to www.epa.gov/owm/youth.htm on the Internet. (Reprinted from WaterNews, 7/7/01, EPA Office of Water)