The South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) recently became the first state environmental agency to streamline its approach to sharing water quality monitoring data with EPA. South…
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Arizona Restricts Phoenix Area Development Given Fully Subscribed Groundwater Allocations
Last week, Arizona’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that groundwater aquifers in the Phoenix area are lagging behind projected 100-year needs, according to a new state groundwater model. Given…
Wyoming Partners to Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently shared a fact sheet featuring the agency’s partnerships to address Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms (HCBs). While the DEQ has been working to improve…
Letter to U.S. EPA on PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation Rulemaking
This letter to U.S. EPA’s provides comments on the proposed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR). The comments acknowledge this important step in proposing first-ever…
Oregon City Constructing Wetlands Complex to Treat Municipal Wastewater
With support from Oregon’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund, the city of Redmond has begun building a wetlands complex that will utilize ponds and engineered wetlands to treat wastewater. This…
Press Release on Sackett v. EPA and Importance of State Wetland Stewardship
In this press release, ECOS underscores the increasingly important role of state environmental stewards in protecting wetlands and watersheds in the wake of the Supreme Court Sackett v. EPA decision.
New Jersey Issues Climate Resilience Guidance for Water Infrastructure
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has released new guidance to help sponsors of clean water and drinking water infrastructure projects plan and deploy investments that are resilient to…
Virginia to Enhance Restoration Efforts along Eastern Shore
The Virginia Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program has been awarded more than $2M to advance marine restoration efforts that provide critical habitat for wildlife along the Eastern Shore. These funds,…
ECOS Letter to President Biden on CWA 401 Legislation
This ECOS letter to President Biden encourages further review of the Limit, Save, Grow Act (H.R. 2811), passed by the House on April 25, as it relates to the Clean…
Virginia Partners in Ancestral Land Reclamation by Tribal Nation
The Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program (CZM) is contracting with the Upper Mattaponi Indigenous Tribe to reclaim 866 acres of its ancestral lands along the Mattaponi River, a tributary to…
