At its conference last month, the American Academy of Environmental Engineers awarded a grand prize for university research to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD)...
Read More >The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) applauded USDA's new National Water Quality Initiative but voiced concern that the scale of the problem warrants more aggressive action...
Read More >The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority and the Department of Environmental Protection will host a June 13 auction for the sale and purchase of nutrient credits in the Susquehanna and Potomac watersheds...
Read More >Under a new National Water Quality Initiative launched today, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service will make at least $33 million in financial assistance available to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners for water quality initiatives...
Read More >EPA will distribute approximately $20 million through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant program during Fiscal Year 2012 and is currently requesting applications from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for new projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes...
Read More >IBM's World Community Grid and the University of Virginia have launched Computing for Sustainable Water, a project to simulate and predict the environmental and economic effects of agricultural, commercial, and industrial decisions over the next 20 years in and around the Chesapeake Bay...
Read More >Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter to EPA Administrator Jackson expressing disappointment with agency's decision to delay the completion of its Chromium 6 toxicology assessment...
Read More >A unique study of created wetlands is providing insights into the environmental benefits they provide and how these have changed over 15 years...
Read More >The costs to switch to numeric criteria for limiting nutrient pollutants in Florida waters are expected to exceed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates, says a new National Research Council report...
Read More >The U.S. EPA is encouraging individuals and community groups in two regions -- New York City and the U.S. Virgin Islands -- to apply for grants that will allow "citizen scientists" to compile information on and seek solutions to air and water quality problems...
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