The EPA is trying to spark a national conversation online about how the agency can better protect and improve the health of U.S. waters. For a two- week period, the agency will hold a Web discussion forum on how the nation can better manage some of the most significant water pollution problems facing the nation, the agency said in a Wednesday, March 17, 2010 press release.

The feedback received on the online forum will help shape the discussion at EPA's upcoming conference in April, Coming Together for Clean Water, the agency said. The small conference will engage approximately 100 executive and local level water professionals on the agency's clean water agenda.

The agency said it hopes to receive input from water professionals, advocates and anyone interested in water quality issues about best solutions in controlling water pollution and how resources can be better focused to improve these efforts.

To join the discussion, visit http://blog.epa.gov/waterforum/