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Water Quality

Small, Disadvantaged Communities Get $2B PFAS Treatment Funding

Funds are available through new, noncompetitive grant program
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Pam McFarland
February 14, 2023

EPA announces grant program to address pervasive pollutants in community drinking water systems.



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Water Quality

Elyria, Ohio, to Invest $250M to Halt Illegal Sewage into Black River

Capital improvements are part of consent decree with federal agencies
Jim Parsons
November 14, 2022
Wastewater treatment system capital improvements are part of federal consent decree with EPA and Justice Dept.
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Water Quality

EPA Plans $627M in Projects Addressing Tijuana River Sewage

Another Federal Agency Agrees to Short-Term Fixes in Lawsuit Settlement
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James Leggate
April 25, 2022

Efforts to address water pollution and trash at border between U.S. and Mexico advance. 


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Lawmakers Strip PFAS Provisions From Defense Bill

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Pam Hunter McFarland
December 11, 2019

A defense bill released by a congressional conference committee Dec. 9 dropped provisions that would have restricted discharges of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances—a class of chemical compounds known as PFAS—from manufacturers into water supplies and designated PFAS as “hazardous substances” under the federal Superfund law.


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PFAS

PFAS Cleanup in Limbo Without a Law

Pam mcfarland
Pam Hunter McFarland
September 25, 2019
As the number of communities in the U.S. discovering high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water supplies continues to grow, industry and local officials are waiting on legislative and regulatory leadership to set limits and standards for this pollutant class.
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New Data Renews Push in Illinois for Coal Ash Curbs

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Mary B. Powers
December 12, 2018

Stats show added risk to groundwater near power plant sites


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Turkey Point Water Accord May Not End Pollution Worries

Thomas F. Armistead
April 18, 2018

An agreement between Florida Power & Light Co. and the Miami-Dade County Commission to work together to address hypersaline groundwater pollution from FPL’s Turkey Point nuclear plant may be too little, too late to resolve pollution concerns.


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Cleanup of Infamously Polluted Brooklyn Canal Hits Snag

August 16, 2017

A second bulkhead collapsed at the Brooklyn, N.Y., Gowanus Canal in late July, two months after the first bulkhead crumbled in May.


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Pollution Control

Fla. Governor Is Set to OK $1.5-B Everglades Reservoir

Thomas F. Armistead
May 4, 2017
The reservoir will provide up to 360,000 acre-ft of storage for excess water from Lake Okeechobee.
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Professor "Risked Everything" To Bring Flint Crisis to Light

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Pam Radtke Russell
January 19, 2017
After testing water samples from Flint, Mich., this Virginia Tech professor focused national attention on the dangerous levels of lead in the water and in children’s blood.
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