Articles Tagged with ''water quality''

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

The lack of an overall risk-based approach has resulted in municipalities and states establishing different water-quality parameters, including for E coli or fecal coliform that have been “highly variable."

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today unveiled a plan to channel $26 million in grants to states and territories.

Orange County’s pioneering plant even earned a Guinness World Record in 2018 for the most wastewater purified into drinking water in a single day.

The notice says the DWGP (drinking water general permit) provides coverage for discharges of wastewater from drinking water treatment processes.