Articles Tagged with ''water quality''

Residents and environmental advocates will likely continue to push for faster action and greater transparency. 

The concerns over unknown contamination sources, potential exposure pathways beyond just drinking water, and historical exposures remain on many minds.

More than 21,000 industrial facilities submitted data to the TRI Program for 2023.

Because EPA did not follow the procedures when it finalized the rule governing the four hazard index chemicals, the petitioners expect EPA will “redo the regulatory process for those four hazard index chemicals, and our hope is that those will be separated from the case and will not be adjudicated.”

It’s a win that the EPA is holding developers accountable—and raising awareness about stormwater’s threat to coastal ecosystems. 

The EPA has been running these sampling surveys since 1983, building what’s now the longest-running and most comprehensive data set on Great Lakes health. 

For now, most Butte residents can safely use their tap water again—but the situation remains under close watch as environmental authorities continue to test and assess water quality.

Authorized under the 2009 SECURE Water Act, the NGWMN is also used by the Bureau of Reclamation to report on risks to western water resources.

“Due to the anti backsliding provision in the Safe Drinking Water Act, it is illegal for EPA to arbitrarily decide to repeal or weaken existing drinking water standards.”

In what is being described as a “massive environmental and national security win,” the United States and Mexico have reached a landmark agreement to permanently address the Tijuana River sewage crisi