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Georgia’s Toilet Rebate Program

May 1, 2016

Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (DDCWSA) received a $300,000 commitment to offer a rebate program to replace inefficient toilets that use more than 1.6 gallons per flush and exist…

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Bundling and Fast-Tracking High Priority Projects in West County Wastewater District, California

May 1, 2016

The West County Wastewater District obtained a low-interest, 20-year loan agreement in June 2014 with Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) for approximately $18 million dollars at an interest rate…

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Minnesota Kicks off Statewide Safe Water Efforts

April 22, 2016

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Commissioner John Linc Stine shared the stage with Governor Mark Dayton at an event promoting Water Action Week, an initiative calling on Minnesotans to take specific…

Filed Under: Member Innovation

States Weigh In On FY17 Water Funding Needs

April 21, 2016

Combined letters to both House and Senate Committees on FY 17 Appropriations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Water Programs.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

2016 Spring Meeting Materials

April 15, 2016

Our 2016 Spring Meeting was held in Nashville, TN on April 10-13. Here you can find session materials, a registration list, and helpful links provided by the speakers.

Filed Under: ECOS Update

Partners for Meeting State Research Needs

April 11, 2016

This document provides brief examples of states using EPA research and resources through the Office of Research and Development to address environmental concerns.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Chesapeake Bay States Access Information on Stormwater Management

April 4, 2016

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…

Filed Under: Member News, Uncategorized Tagged With: ORD, stormwater

States, EPA, and Others Partner to Establish Stream Monitoring Networks

April 4, 2016

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…

Filed Under: Member News, Uncategorized Tagged With: ORD, streams

States Use EPA Software to Predict Water Quality at Beaches

April 4, 2016

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…

Filed Under: Member News, Uncategorized Tagged With: ORD

EPA Assists Washington with Guidance Manual on Riparian Ecosystems and Nutrients

April 4, 2016

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…

Filed Under: Member News, Uncategorized Tagged With: nutrients, ORD, streams, waterbodies

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