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Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 -- Three Mile Island

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The accident at TMI involved a broken valve, the loss of cooling water to the white-hot operating reactor, and then a series of cascading failures of gauges, pipes, and operators. By then the reactor had finally begun to cool and the end was in sight. Jimmy Carter was then, and is, a real class act.

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Federal Water Tap, February 21: EPA Watchdog Will Investigate Agency’s Drinking Water Lead Response in Michigan City

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Financial Assessments for Clean Water Act Compliance. Environmental Protection Agency is taking another swing at defining key concepts that govern Clean Water Act requirements for wastewater utilities. From 1992 to 2002, some 58 percent of cases occurred between June and November. News Briefs.

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