| After months of contention with Florida political and business leaders, the Environmental Protection agency has issued its final numeric nutrient water quality standards for lakes, rivers, and streams in the state. It’s the first time the EPA has set numeric standards for a state, but because of the pushback from Florida officials,.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology, Lake Chemistry, Water Quality Also tagged Algae, blue-green algae, EPA, eutrophication, Florida, nitrogen, nutrient-loading, phosphorus, pollution, regulation Leave a comment
|  |
Tag Archives: Clean Water Act
EPA issues numeric nutrient water quality standards for Florida
Despite years of phosphorus controls, Lake Erie remains unhealthy
| Despite meeting Clean Water Act mandated pollution targets for more than a decade, a new study shows Lake Erie is still fundamentally unhealthy. The Nearshore and Offshore Lake Erie Nutrient Study concludes this month after a year of research headed by principal investigator Chris Pennuto, a scientist at the Buffalo State College.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology, Lake Chemistry, Water Quality Also tagged Algae, eutrophication, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, nutrient-loading, pollution, research, runoff, sediment, toxic waters Leave a comment
|  |
Supreme Court limits Clean Water Act, leaving many waters unprotected
| As many as half of the nation’s worst polluters may be outside of the Clean Water Act’s jurisdiction thanks to two Supreme Court rulings limiting its power, reports The New York Times. This has left thousands of water polluters free from regulation. The Supreme Court has created a precedent for strictly adhering to language in.. Read more |  |