ANTHC’s Environmental Health and Engineering work focuses on bringing health solutions to rural communities through access to clean water that supports health and well-being. For many homes and communities, this is possible through upgrades and improvements to water and wastewater systems. For communities without existing systems, new construction may not be available due to environmental challenges, decreasing availability of capital funding or the high cost of operation. In these cases, alternatives must be tailored to the environmental conditions, homeowner needs, ...

ANTHC’s Environmental Health Consultation program has been selected to receive the EPA’s 2015 Clean Air Excellence – Gregg Cooke Visionary Program Award. The award is widely considered the nation’s top honor for programs and organizations making progress to achieve clean air. The award was presented this week during a ceremony on April 21 in Washington, DC. The awardee must directly reduce pollutant emissions, demonstrate innovation, offer sustainable outcomes, and provide a model for others to follow. Past recipients include SC ...

With the March installation of a “wind-to-heat” heating system at the Shaktoolik water and sewer utility, ANTHC’s Rural Energy Initiative is continuing to create innovative approaches to lowering the energy costs of operating rural water systems. “Wind-to-heat” systems use extra electricity generated from wind turbines during peak windy weather to heat water for use in Arctic sanitation systems by transferring the energy through electric boilers in the water treatment plant. Combined with other energy upgrades, the project in Shaktoolik is ...