WASHINGTON, DC, November 5, 2009 (ENS) – To pay for better clean water accountability and regulatory enforcement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Congress has authorized new funding to reduce […]
SACRAMENTO, California, November 4, 2009 (ENS) – The California state Legislature today approved a far-reaching water package featuring an $11-billion bond as the Sun rose over the Capitol building […]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – The United States is using less water than during the peak years of 1975 and 1980, according to water use estimates for […]
EDISON, New Jersey, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – Polluted runoff from hard surfaces such as parking lots remains a complicated problem, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is renewing […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, October 28, 2009 (ENS) – Eight conservation and outdoor recreation groups have joined together in defense of New Zealand’s wild rivers, which now are threatened by […]
OLYMPIA, Washington, October 23, 2009 (ENS) – The Washington Department of Ecology Wednesday placed new limits on pollution in stormwater runoff from industrial facilities, affecting some 1,200 permitted facilities […]
SACRAMENTO, California, October 21, 2009 (ENS) – California could become the first state in the nation to set a drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium, the cancer-causing chemical at […]
NEW YORK, New York, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – The most recent drought in the southeastern United States destroyed billions of dollars worth of crops, drained reservoirs and touched […]
BALTIMORE, Maryland, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Maryland Department of Environment will issue a general discharge permit, effective December 1, 2009, for Maryland Animal Feeding Operations (MAFOs) and […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – At a Congressional hearing today held to mark the 37th year since passage of the Clean Water Act, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa […]
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – Concern about the rate of development of Urban Stormwater Programs by municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit holders in Louisiana […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – The commonly used weed killer atrazine will undergo a new comprehensive evaluation to determine its effects – first on humans and later […]
LOS ANGELES, California, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – Four firms that are tenants of the Port of Los Angeles have been cited by the U.S. EPA for discharging polluted […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today published a final rule to ensure that safe and reliable drinking water is provided to aircraft […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined New Mexico’s congressional delegation to advance a vital water supply project that will provide […]
DALLAS, Texas, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – The Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the construction association representing commercial contractors in North and East Texas today signed a voluntary stormwater control […]
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