The U.S. EPA recently provided Ohio EPA with a draft report outlining its review of Ohio's permitting and enforcement programs for clean air, clean water, solid waste, hazardous waste and environmental enforcement in general.
After 20 years spent cleaning up old mines, chemical plants, landfills, rivers and other areas across the country contaminated by toxic waste, the EPA still has a lot more work to do, according to a new study, Superfund's Future: What Will It Cost?
As part of an effort to clean up the San Gabriel Valley, Calif.'s ground water supply, theEPA is installing a system of pipes connecting seven wells to a soon-to-be completed treatment plant at Whittier Narrows.
In Southern California, Southland water officials have developed an action plan to prevent further pollution of the region's water supplies by the chemical MTBE.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit unanimously affirmed a federal district court ruling supporting Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's (MWRA) program for drinking water treatment in the metro-Boston area.
In an effort to keep new customers in water, Eastern Municipal Water District will begin construction of its first plant to treat and filter 10 million gallons a day of imported fresh water.
EPA Administrator Christie Whitman recently announced the agency will propose an 18-month delay to the July 2000 rule concerning total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for polluted waterbodies.
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