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The Stream, March 23, 2022: Can African Nations Meet WASH Goals?

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In Recent Water News. Unsafe Yield – Severe drought, dead well, and political division push Arizona steadily closer to water supply peril. Read the second of three reports on Arizona’s water reckoning. If the forecast remains accurate, water supplies are likely to be strained and the risk of wildfires will increase.

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Must CEQA Compliance Precede Project Approval? When State Water Board Water Quality Certifications Are Involved, The Answer Is As “Clear as Mud”

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California Air Resources Board (2013) 217 Cal.App.4th Resources Code, § 21174), despite what it termed the board’s “apparent violation of CEQA” by issuing the CWA § 401 WQC prematurely, under political pressure to allow rapid completion of the district’s project to protect a new BART station and avoid a loss of federal funding.

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UNC Nutrient Study: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again (Apologies to Yogi Berra)

Smith Enviorment

The EMC and water quality staff in the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) spent seven years developing a nutrient management strategy to address water quality standard violations in Jordan Lake as required by the federal Clean Water Act and by state water quality laws. That isn’t broken.

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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

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In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act. EPA established an accountability framework and state water pollution limits (TMDLs) for nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment. In Maryland, proposed.

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Elk River Spill Aftermath: Do We Need New Regulations and From Whom?

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Boehner is right in thinking that the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) and Clean Water Act (CWA). But in reality, Boehner received donations from the Vice President of Freedom Industries in 2013. have addressed the spill. in Oswego, NY.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

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His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

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ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. Notably, Kimmerer is the author of the 2013 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass.

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