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European Community involvement in water pollution control
Greater efforts in reducing water pollution are needed to ensure that targets for water quality are met. A new study shows that community-based approaches can be useful in gaining support for water management schemes and driving positive change. Farmers may also benefit from improved communication within their local networks. Current European water management policies emphasise the importance of ...
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Pollution Penalties for Water Firms Increase to £250 Million
At the start of the year, the Environmental Audit Committee issued a warning that chronic underinvestment and failures in monitoring, governance and enforcement have resulted in poor water quality in rivers, lakes and streams around England. It was found that just 14 per cent of rivers met good ecological status, being contaminated by a dangerous chemical cocktail made up of pollution from ...
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North providence fined, will take action on sewer overflows (RI)
The Town of North Providence, R.I. will pay a $15,000 penalty and spend an additional $86,000to install a municipal sewer line and to replace faulty private sewers in the Warren Street neighbourhood. This supplemental environmental project, required under the terms of the settlement with EPA, is designed to eliminate sewer system backups in an area that has experienced discharges of raw sewage ...
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EPA announces Nevada environmental enforcement accomplishments for 2006
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement actions in Nevada for 2006 brought environmental and public health benefits for the state’s residents as polluters paid over $4 million to correct environmental violations and prevent future pollution. The EPA invested approximately $2.25 million in Superfund monies to abate further environmental damage at the ...
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