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What’s Up With Water – April 16, 2018

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It could also raise sea levels along the United States East Coast. Circulating water in the Atlantic serves as a kind of a heat exchange for the planet. Warm, salty water moves north from the tropics via the Gulf Stream off the U.S. East Coast to the North Atlantic, where it cools, sinks and then moves south.

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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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The EPA revises its methods for assessing the cost to communities of cleaning up sewage pollution. NOAA updates sea-level rise projections for U.S. Financial Assessments for Clean Water Act Compliance. Drinking Water Hazard. Sea-Level Rise Update. News Briefs.