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USGS Finds Nitrate Levels Show No Consistent Decline in the Mississippi River Basin

USGS Finds Nitrate Levels Show No Consistent Decline in the Mississippi River Basin

Despite efforts to reduce nitrate in the Mississippi River basin, nitrate concentrations and transport at eight main stem or large...

USGS Report on Environmental Factors That Influence the Location of Crop Agriculture

USGS Report on Environmental Factors That Influence the Location of Crop Agriculture

The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Water Quality and Assessment (NAWQA) Program has released a Scientific Investigations Report entitled, “Environmental...

Rep. Napolitano Introduces Desalination Reauthorization

Rep. Napolitano Introduces Desalination Reauthorization

Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA) has introduced HR 2664, the Reauthorization of Water Desalination Act.  The measure would direct the Secretary...

NESC Has a New Phone System

NESC Has a New Phone System

If you work with folks from NESC (National Environmental Services Center), you need to know that they have changed their...

EPA Region 1 Has a New Address

EPA Region 1 Has a New Address

For those of you with a need to know…EPA’s Region 1 offices have a new mailing address:  5 Post Office...

Register Now for ASDWA’s 2011 Annual Conference!

Register Now for ASDWA’s 2011 Annual Conference!

Registration is now open for ASDWA’s 2011 Annual Conference!  This year’s conference is being held October 17-20, 2011 in Minneapolis,...

EPA Releases Additional UCMR2 Results

EPA Releases Additional UCMR2 Results

Last month, EPA posted a new batch of data on their website from the second Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR2)....

EPA Publishes Updated List of Approved Crypto Labs

EPA Publishes Updated List of Approved Crypto Labs

To assure that water systems required to conduct Cryptosporidium monitoring under the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule...

EPA Proposes Excluding CSS Wastestreams from Hazardous Waste Regulations

EPA Proposes Excluding CSS Wastestreams from Hazardous Waste Regulations

On August 3rd, EPA proposed a rule associated with the use of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies.  CCS technologies...

Tough Sledding Ahead for EPA Appropriations

Tough Sledding Ahead for EPA Appropriations

Both the House and Senate have recessed for the month of August having, finally finished with the debt ceiling debacle. ...

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