Water Quality News
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It’s show time!
With several new attractions, WWEM 2014, the international Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference and exhibition, will be bigger and busier than ever before. The five previous WWEM events, which stretch back to 2005, have included conferences addressing testing and monitoring themes within the Process and Laboratory sectors, in addition to an international exhibition and scores ...
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Verderflex to exhibit at WEFTEC
Verderflex peristaltic pumps, US distributor, Verder Inc., will be at exhibiting at WEFTEC, New Orleans, USA on September 27 - October 1, 2014. WEFTEC is the largest conference of its kind in North America, offering an unparalleled opportunity for water quality education, training, and peer-to-peer networking. To visit our booth please head to Hall H, booth 6915. You will find the launch ...
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EPA Settlement with Amerikohl Mining Inc. Will Help Restore Water Quality for Western Pennsylvania Communities
In a consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Amerikohl Mining, Inc., has settled Clean Water Act violations at 22 of its Pennsylvania mining operations, including four active and 18 inactive mines in western Pennsylvania. As part of the settlement agreement, Amerikohl will pay a $140,000 penalty and implement a new standard operating procedure to ensure Clean Water Act ...
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U.S. EPA, DOH require Hawaii Department of Transportation to protect Oahu’s coastal waters
The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Hawaii Department of Health have reached an agreement with the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) that requires the department to pay a $1.2 million penalty and correct federal Clean Water Act stormwater violations at the Honolulu and Kalaeloa Harbors on Oahu. “Stormwater discharges pollute Hawaii's ...
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EPA Reaches Agreement with Municipality of Culebra Puerto Rico to Address Water Pollution in Atlantic Ocean
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced a legal settlement with the Municipality of Culebra for discharging pollutants from the Parcelas Culebra Lot Development into the Culebra Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System. This sewer system discharges into to the Ensenada Honda, the Lobina Lagoon, and the Atlantic Ocean. The settlement requires the ...
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EPA Announces Funding to Create Two New Drinking Water Innovation Centers
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues its commitment to improving America’s drinking water by providing over $8 million to create two national centers for research and innovation in small to medium sized drinking water systems. “These centers will help to develop innovative and practical solutions for challenges faced by smaller drinking water systems, which ...
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Partnership Releases New Blueprint to Protect and Restore Long Island Sound
The Long Island Sound Study, a partnership of federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as nonprofit and community groups and businesses, today released a new updated Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for restoring and protecting the Long Island Sound over the next two decades. The Long Island Sound and its watershed is a critical economic driver; it provides estimated ...
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US to spend $328 million on conservation easements
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $328 million in funding Monday to protect and restore farmlands, grasslands and wetlands across the country. The initiative, using money provided in the new five-year farm bill, will buy conservation easements from farmers to protect the environment, help wildlife populations and promote outdoor recreation, the USDA said in its announcement. The ...
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After Toledo water scare, states ask EPA for help
Algae that turned Lake Erie green and produced toxins that fouled the tap water for 400,000 people in the Toledo area are becoming a big headache for those who keep drinking water safe even far beyond the Great Lakes. But with no federal standards on safe levels for drinking algae-tainted water and no guidelines for treating or testing it either, water quality engineers sometimes look for ...
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Cleanup Work Complete in the Ashtabula River Area of Concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the completion of all cleanup work required to remove the Ashtabula River on Lake Erie from the binational list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern. EPA Region 5 Administrator/Great Lakes Program Manager Susan Hedman was joined for the announcement by U.S. Representative Dave Joyce, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Craig Butler, ...
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Expanding cities need smart water approach
By 2050, around 70% of the world's population of 9,2 billion people is expected to live in an urban environment. Especially in developing countries this increasing population and expanding cities pose great challenges with respect to access to clean drinking water, sanitation, waste water treatment and protection against floods. On request of UN Habitat, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment ...
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Charles River 2013 Report Card Reflects Cleanest Water in Decades
EPA has given a grade of “A-“ for water quality in the Charles River during 2013. It is the highest grade EPA has issued since the 1995 inception of the Clean Charles River Initiative. Reflecting nearly twenty years of focused efforts by EPA, state and local officials, private environmental advocacy groups and concerned citizens, this is the first time the Charles River earned a ...
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EPA Awards Arkansas Nearly $3M to Protect Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $2,988,000 to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) to support management of nonpoint-source water pollution. The funding will be used for a variety of projects designed to improve water quality in several priority watersheds. Nonpoint-source pollution (NPS) is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over the ground. This ...
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Accelerates Cleanup of St. Louis River Area of Concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the first of nine environmental impairments, which caused the St. Louis River to be included on a binational list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern, has been lifted one year ahead of schedule. EPA Regional Administrator/Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman was joined for the announcement at Canal Park by U.S. Representatives ...
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Fibrelite Launch New Innovations in FRP Lightweight Composite Access Covers at WEFTEC
Recognized as the largest annual water quality exhibition in the world WEFTEC 2014 will be held at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana from September 27 - October 1, 2014 Say Goodbye to Heavy Metal and Concrete! Industries are favouring composites and moving away from traditional materials as they react to changing regulations, strict health and safety policies and ...
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EPA awards over $4 million to Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands for environmental protection
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded over $4 million to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands in federal funds for CNMI environmental programs to continue environmental protection work. The most recent grant of over $892,000 supplements an award of $3.16 million provided earlier in the year for environmental protection work. “EPA’s funding enables CNMI to ...
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Media Advisory: US EPA Regional Administrator to Participate in Discussion on 2014 Urban Waters Grants to Promote Proctor Creek Restoration
On Tuesday, Sept. 2, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Heather McTeer Toney will meet with three 2014 Urban Waters Grants awardees to highlight their work to help protect and restore the Proctor Creek watershed, improve water quality, and support community revitalization and other local priorities. The awardees are: the Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.; the ...
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EPA improves water quality and infrastructure in Arkansas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $9,165,000 to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) for projects such as replacing sewer lines, improving wastewater treatment facilities, and upgrading collection systems. The grant is part of EPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), a program that provides low-interest, flexible loans to municipalities and rural ...
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Water crises around the world
According to the United Nations, in the past ten years, water use has grown at over twice the rate of the population increase. People say population increase is out of control, so just imagine how much water is being used across the ...
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Catchment Trials Show Improvements in Water Quality
Farmers Guardian details how Severn Trent Water has recently reviewed the success of its catchment management trials. Managing catchments upstream of drinking water abstraction points could help to limit metaldehyde losses to water. Results show that managing catchments upstream of drinking water solve many problems currently posed by metaldehyde and according so a spokesperson from Severn Trent ...
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