The EPA-supported Center for Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management was established to conduct interdisciplinary research to understand and to influence how decisions are made at multiple spatial and jurisdictional scales…
Water
States, EPA, and Others Partner to Establish Stream Monitoring Networks
EPA is working with states, tribes, river basin commissions, its regional offices and other entities to establish Regional Monitoring Networks (RMNs) for freshwater wadeable streams. The objectives of the RMNs…
States Use EPA Software to Predict Water Quality at Beaches
To protect public health, beach managers need to continually assess the level of potentially harmful microbes (primarily bacteria) in the water. However, traditional, culture-based testing methods take a full 24…
EPA Assists Washington with Guidance Manual on Riparian Ecosystems and Nutrients
Riparian ecosystems and their streams are critically important locations for sustaining a healthy balance of nutrients—primarily carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)—across watersheds and far downstream. Vegetated riparian areas…
To Address Nitrates, Oregon and EPA Partner on BMPs for Agriculture
The state of Oregon has designated a Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) in the southern Willamette Valley of Oregon because of high nitrate levels in many domestic wells. EPA ORD scientists…
Ohio and EPA Partner to Manage Algal Toxins in Drinking Water
Increasingly, drinking water treatment plants are challenged by changes in the quality of their source waters and by their aging treatment and distribution infrastructure. Individually or in combination, factors such…
Ohio Partners with EPA to Assist Small Drinking Water Systems
Because they have fewer resources than larger systems, small systems face enormous challenges in consistently providing safe and reliable drinking water. To help address this issue, EPA ORD and EPA…
Minnesota Works with EPA to Assess River Conditions
The St. Louis River is listed as a Great Lakes Area of Concern (AOC) under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1987 and is the only AOC in Minnesota.…
Hawaii Partners with EPA on Coral Climate Adaptation Effort
The West Maui Ridge to Reef (R2R) initiative, founded by Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources, addresses adverse impacts to coral reefs in West Maui. It takes a comprehensive,…
Wisconsin DNR Issues Draft Permits and Study on Non-Metallic Mining
Wisconsin has released for public comment two new draft permits on non-metallic mining. Under the Wisconsin Pollution Discharge Elimination System (WPDES), the draft permits are intended to eliminate significant environmental…
