Anti-Spamming Policy

The Water Business Center does not endorse "spamming".

We do not want people to receive unsolicited e-mail.  In the strictest sense of the definition, you can not contact anyone via e-mail unless that person has specifically told you that you can contact them or invited contact (i.e. classified ad).  This applies to businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals.

We do support open communications and we feel that 99.9% percent of the water industry wants to hear about water related matters, receive pertinent information about the industry, and be informed about resources that are available on the Internet.

The best way to let as many people know about the important matters, pertinent information, and resources is via e-mail.  Most people do not appreciate receiving junk mail (normally without a valid reply address and a questionable "offer" of some kind).  However, there are some people that are offended about receiving legitimate e-mail telling them about similar interest matters.

To avoid offending anyone, The Water Business Center does not send out "spam".  We will occasionally send out information to people that have indicated they are interested in the water industry.  If that offends anyone, we apologize.  We do not want to intrude into anyone's life.

If you wish to never receive e-mail of any kind from The Water Business Center please fill out our "removal form".

To all true water industry individuals.... Thank you for you time and understanding.

More about Spam

If you Spam us, we will send your Spam to uce@ftc.gov. We also support legislation to end Spam. We keep copies of Spam.

The very best way to eliminate Spam is to never respond to it.

We report Spam to, or use the following:

Spam Cop Spam reporting for the masses

• Network Abuse Clearinghouse
• The MMF Hall of Humiliation
• Elsop's Anti-Spam Page
• InterNIC Whois (com, org, edu) - Locate Technical Contact for complaints in USA
• Worldwide Domain Name Lookup - Locate Hosts to complain to in the rest of the world
• All About Frauds and Scams on the Internet
• Anti-Relay: Stop Third-Party Mail Relay
• Anti-Spam Campaign - Directory of Spam-Fighting Information and Resources
• Arnes Spamhandling Scripts using the nnml backend of gnus
• Beating the E-Mail Spammers
• Blacklist of Internet Advertisers
• Death to Spam - A Guide to Dealing with Unwanted E-Mail
• Finding Hidden Senders in All That E-mail Gobbledygook (NYT)
• Hot Lists and Site Referrals to the Elsop Anti-Spam Pages
• How to Get Rid of Junk Mail, Spam, and Telemarketers
• How to Complain to the Spammer's Provider
• JunkBusters - Bust the Junk Out of your Life
• Junkmail.org - Junk Email Resource Page
• FAQ Launcher: Filter Mail FAQ
• Fight Spam on the Internet! - Boycott Internet Spam!
• Figuring out fake E-Mail & Posts or alt.spam FAQ
• Filtering Mail with Eudora 3
• Lasu's (procmail) Mail Filters
• MAPS RBL (Mail Abuse Protection System Realtime Blackhole List)
• Netizen's Guide to Spam, Abuse, and Internet Advertising (The)
• Project to Stop Unsolicited Bulk Email - Telecommunications Users Group
• Robots and Mail Filtering - Infinite Ink
• Robots, Spiders, Crawlers and Wanderers - Highway Robbers on your Website
• Spam Bouncer (The) - Procmail Spam Filter
• Spam: Know the Facts
• Spam Hater - Free Windows software helps you make it hot for spammers
• Stop Junk Email
• Stop Spam FAQ - Remember! Only YOU Can Prevent Spammage Fires!
• Tracking the Elusive Spammer by Gary Shuster (Computer Bits)
• Unsolicited Bulk Email: Mechanisms for Control (Internet Mail Consortium)
• Where To Complain About Frauds & Scams on the Internet - E-mail Addresses

Legislations Against Spam

• Federal statutes and pending bills
• State statutes and pending bills in the United States
• FED - Pending - Unsolicited Commercial Email Choice Act of 1997 - Senate Bill 771

If You Spam You can be Jailed and/or Pay Huge Fines

• CA - Enacted Law - AB 1629 - Sending email ads fined up to $25,000 a day (Water Business Center is a business registered in California)
• CA - Enacted Law - AB 1676 - Return email address required or fine of $500 each  (Water Business Center is a business registered in California)
• NV - Enacted Law - SB 13 - Crime to send unsolicited commercial e-mail
• VA - Enacted Law - Law will Jail Spammers or Fine $500 per e-mail
• WA - Enacted Law - ESHB 2752 - Crime to send unsolicited commercial e-mail

Removal Form

Please provide the following information.

From:First and Last name please.
Please select the most applicable category: Individual End-User Business End-User Business for Resale O.E.M.
Company Name: Title:
Phone: (required)   Extension:
Fax: E-Mail Address: (required)

Postal Address: