"Toxic Waterways"
"The two rivers that converge at Marietta [OH] are among the 10 most polluted in the country, according to a new environmental report."
Source: Marietta Times, 11/02/2009
Water & Oceans
"Sewer Plants Pollute Water"
"Iowa's outdated sewage treatment plants regularly dump excess pollution into rivers and streams that provide drinking water for up to 900,000 people and recreation for many more, a Des Moines Register analysis of state records shows."
Source: Des Moines Register, 11/02/2009
Groups Pinpoint Threats to Selected Canadian and US Rivers
The widespread perception of water abundance in Canada is a myth, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund-Canada. See details for the 10 selected rivers, most of which cross political boundaries within Canada or between Canada and the United States.
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Creek Daylighting: A Stormwater Management Trend
Strenuous local battles sometimes erupt over "daylighting" (freeing streams from culverts and paved channels), an increasingly popular method for state, county, and local governments to improve stormwater management and water quality.
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"California Water Legislation at a Standstill"
"Republicans roll out their own version of a water bill, as state legislators are being held up mostly by obscure water policy details and regional self-interests."
Source: LA Times, 10/29/2009
"Gas Company Won't Drill in New York Watershed"
"Bowing to intense public pressure, the Chesapeake Energy Corporation says it will not drill for natural gas within the upstate New York watershed, an environmentally sensitive region that supplies unfiltered water to nine million people."
Source: NYTimes, 10/28/2009
"Raising a Stink Over ... The 'BIG PIPE'"
"Ontario's environment ministry has given its blessing to a massive, controversial $550 million sewage line -- known as the "Big Pipe" -- that will open the door to billions of dollars worth of new development in the eastern GTA. However, years after construction started on the project in York Region, politicians are embroiled in in-fighting, as the remainder of the pipeline proposed to run through Pickering faces opposition from residents."
Source: Toronto Sun, 10/20/2009
Supreme Court Property Rights Case Has Environmental Implications
The Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Dec. 2, 2009. The case, which started with legal action in 2004, involves a dispute over restoration of a stretch of Florida panhandle beaches damaged by storms.
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"E.P.A. Vows Better Effort on Water"
"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that it would overhaul enforcement of the Clean Water Act, as lawmakers sharply criticized the agency's decade-long lapses in punishing polluters."
Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2009
"Report: Coal Plant Would Add 'Harmful' Amount of Mercury To Chesapeake Bay"
"A proposed coal-fired power plant in Surry County (Va.) would add 'significant and harmful' amounts of mercury and other pollutants to the Chesapeake Bay and several river systems in coastal Virginia already suffering from excessive mercury levels, a study released Wednesday concludes."
Source: Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot, 10/15/2009
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