Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC) articles

In this post, "Waters of the United States" webinar instructor Larry Lodwick explains the latest about the temporary injunction on the EPA`s new federal clean water rules. For full information about the latest on this, and details of the Rule updates, enroll in the upcoming webinar.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule defining the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act… The rule will ensure protection for the nation’s public health and aquatic resources, and increase CWA program predictability and consistency by clarifying the scope of ‘‘waters of the United States’’ protected under the Act…This rule is effective on August 28, 2015.”

The Final Clean Water Rule, USEPA

What You Don`t Know Can Hurt You: The ins and outs of site inspection in a new era

As NPDES permits strive to improve storm water runoff, site inspections and monitoring put an increasing demand on businesses and municipalities to evaluate and report their program performance. One of the primary goals of the permits is to gather additional data through site monitoring. The permits now are requiring sites to be monitored for additional pollutants, often to lower levels

What is the most important thing to do in starting a meeting?

• Go over the ground rules for the meeting?
• Introduce people if they don`t know each other?
• Review the agenda?

Not really. These, in a sense, are facilitator tools for getting people working. In front of these is a need to get people motivated to do the work. People typically want to know why they should engage in your meeting. Do this by answering these questions as