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National Contaminant Occurrence Database (NCOD)

EPA developed the NCOD to satisfy the statutory requirements set by Congress in the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to maintain a national drinking water contaminant occurrence database using samples data for both regulated and unregulated...

Vac-Tron and Safe Digging Month

Vac-Tron first took shape in October of 1994 when Don Buckner founded American Manufacturing and Machine, Inc., out of his garage with his son, Donnie Jr. Forged from their desire to “make something better” — the “virtual manufacturing” company relied on...

National Stormwater Calculator

EPA’s National Stormwater Calculator (SWC) is a desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States (including Puerto Rico). Estimates are based on local soil conditions, land...

Toro Underground Business Expands in Australia

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (March 30, 2015) – Toro Australia entered the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market in early 2014 with a strong line of powerful machines. Toro’s expansion into HDD follows the purchase in 2012 of Astec Underground, Inc., a highly regarded...