surface water drinking water News
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Boil order lifted in Macy, Neb.
EPA Region 7 has directed the Omaha Macy Public Water System, located on the Omaha Tribe Reservation in Thurston County, Neb., to lift a boil order in Macy, Neb., which had been in effect since July 13, 2010. Water sampling results have shown adequate levels of chlorination protection and the absence of disease-causing bacteria sufficient for EPA to advise the public water supply to lift the ...
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EPA Awards Over $600,000 to the State of New Mexico to Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the New Mexico Environment Department $605,300 to ensure New Mexico residents have a safe supply of drinking water. The NMED is the primary drinking water agency in New Mexico, and its function is to implement the Safe Drinking Water Act and associated regulations. The funds will be used to provide technical assistance to drinking water systems, ...
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Remarks of Cynthia Giles, EPA Assistant Administrator for Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance on Duke Energy Subsidiaries Guilty Plea and Sentencing for Clean Water Act Crimes **Remarks as Prepared for Delivery**
EPA is proud to stand alongside our partner, Assistant Attorney General John Cruden and the Justice Department, as well as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Thomas Walker. And we appreciate the support from the US attorney’s offices for the western and middle districts and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Today we bring a measure of justice to ...
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BRIDGE provides thresholds for EU Water Framework Directive
The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) defines chemical status objectives for groundwater and related monitoring obligations but does not yet provide criteria to assess chemical status compliance. Now researchers from EU project BRIDGE (Background Criteria for the Identification of Groundwater Thresholds) have investigated 14 representative bodies of groundwater and developed thresholds that can ...
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Duke Energy Subsidiaries Plead Guilty and Sentenced for Clean Water Act Crimes
Three subsidiaries of North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corporation, the largest utility in the United States, pleaded guilty today to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at several of its North Carolina facilities and agreed to pay a $68 million criminal fine and spend $34 million on environmental projects and land conservation to benefit rivers and wetlands in North Carolina and ...
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UV light helps to ensure safe bathing during the summer months
• Ultraviolet light kills bacteria in wastewater without the need for chemicals and allows safe bathing in the Isar. • Reliable and environmentally friendly method • Used in the project “Clean Isar” in a large number of clarification plants in Bavaria/Germany. In addition to the conventional processes for cleaning water – such as the use of chemicals like ...
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