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Economic Stimulus Gets Massachusetts Stormwater Projects Moving

November 9, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Economic Stimulus Gets Massachusetts Stormwater Projects Moving

  BOSTON, Massachusetts, November 9, 2009 (ENS) – As part of the Massachusetts Recovery Plan to secure the state’s economic future, the Patrick administration has awarded $750,266 in grants to […]

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Chesapeake Bay Gets Clean Water Funding; $1.5B More for Stormwater Proposed

November 5, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Chesapeake Bay Gets Clean Water Funding; $1.5B More for Stormwater Proposed

  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 […]

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Water Bills Pass California Legislature Ending Years of Wrangling

November 4, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Water Bills Pass California Legislature Ending Years of Wrangling

  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 […]

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Americans Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago

November 3, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Americans Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago

  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 […]

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EPA Studies Permeable Surfaces at Experimental Stormwater Parking Lot

October 30, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on EPA Studies Permeable Surfaces at Experimental Stormwater Parking Lot

  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 […]

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Groups Issue SOS Distress Call for New Zealand’s Wild Rivers

October 28, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Groups Issue SOS Distress Call for New Zealand’s Wild Rivers

  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 […]

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Washington State Limits Copper and Zinc in Industrial Discharges

October 23, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Washington State Limits Copper and Zinc in Industrial Discharges

  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 […]

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California Seeks to Limit Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water

October 21, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on California Seeks to Limit Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water

  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 […]

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Southeast Water Scarcity Blamed on Overpopulation, Not Climate

October 20, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Southeast Water Scarcity Blamed on Overpopulation, Not Climate

  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 […]

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Maryland to Regulate Animal Feeding Ops Despite Active Appeal

October 15, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Maryland to Regulate Animal Feeding Ops Despite Active Appeal

  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 […]

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Water Polluters Beware: EPA Plans to Enforce Clean Water Act

October 15, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Water Polluters Beware: EPA Plans to Enforce Clean Water Act

  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 […]

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Louisiana Urban Stormwater Coalition First of Its Kind in USA

October 13, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Louisiana Urban Stormwater Coalition First of Its Kind in USA

  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 […]

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U.S. EPA Probes Herbicide Atrazine for Human Health Threats

October 8, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. EPA Probes Herbicide Atrazine for Human Health Threats

  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 […]

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Port of Los Angeles Tenants Caught Dumping Polluted Stormwater

October 8, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Port of Los Angeles Tenants Caught Dumping Polluted Stormwater

  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 […]

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Aircraft Drinking Water Rule Requires Testing Every 5 Years

October 6, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Aircraft Drinking Water Rule Requires Testing Every 5 Years

  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 […]

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Salazar Signs Decision on Navajo-Gallup Water Supply

October 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Salazar Signs Decision on Navajo-Gallup Water Supply

  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 […]

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Dallas-Fort Worth Builders Make Stormwater Control a Priority

October 1, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Dallas-Fort Worth Builders Make Stormwater Control a Priority

  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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