River Cleanup Reaches New Phase: Pequabuck Focus Evolving From Regulatory To Grass-Roots Action
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By Ken Byron, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Sep. 5--The Pequabuck River is a waterway that is slowly coming back from the dead.   Fouled by factory waste and poorly treated effluent from municipal sewage plants, the river became one of the most polluted in the state.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 10--FOUNTAIN -- A list of 20 studies or activities that have dealt with problems on Fountain Creek in recent years was presented Friday to the Fountain Creek Vision Task Force water quantity committee.
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MARION -- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its proposal to improve water quality of the Sandusky River. The agency, whose plan was approved by the US EPA, is working with the Sandusky
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By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jun. 4--SOME MAY call it a gizmo, but it has important applications regarding the quality of water in Fountain Creek.
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A new research center at the University of New Hampshire hopes to help reduce a huge threat to water quality nationwide: stormwater carrying pollutants into streams, wetlands and coastal harbors.
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By Bulley, Henry N N Merchant, James W; Marx, David B; Holz, John C; Holz, Aris A  ABSTRACT: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is charged with establishing standards and criteria for assessing lake water quality.
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By Heather Rutz, The Lima News, Ohio  Feb. 1--LIMA -- Customers won't notice a difference, but a major replacement project at the city Water Treatment Plant will keep their water clean and up to environmental standards.
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By Jacob Luecke, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Jun. 5--After months of back-and-forth arguing about a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to dump hundreds of tons of dirt into the Missouri River, the corps and state water regulators will meet later this month to try to dig up a compromise.
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By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 6--The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' approach to cover some of the polluted sediments in the $400 million cleanup of the Fox River in northeastern Wisconsin got support Tuesday from a national, non-partisan scientific panel.
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By Madeleine Mathias, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 21--The 100 million-gallon spill of fly ash into the Delaware River from PPL's Martins Creek plant in August 2005 has had no adverse effect on wells, fish or animal life, according to a report by PPL's consultants.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  May 24--The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources must start work on statewide regulations for new construction along Minnesota lakes and rivers under orders from the Minnesota Legislature.
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(Paulsboro, NJ -WABC, November 27, 2004 ) - Authorities are working to clean up a slippery and potentially dangerous mess in a South Jersey river.
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By Dominic Adams, The Lima News, Ohio  Sep. 24--OTTAWA -- A comment by an engineer about possibly using water from the Blanchard River to fill an under-construction Leipsic reservoir has Ottawa officials feeling defensive.  John T.
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By Anonymous  PPG Industries' chemical plant in Marshall County must comply with stricter limits in discharging mercury into the Ohio River, the West Virginia Environmental Quality Board ordered July 24.
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By John McGonigle  John McGonigle           The Susquehanna River Waterfowlers Association formed after several organizational meeting in the 1980s, with the goal of conserving waterfowl and habitat, and of educating the public about wildlife and its needs.
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By Randy Kraft, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 5--Whether the issue is flooding, erosion or pollution, anyone with concerns about Saucon Creek can help identify priority problems by attending a meeting sponsored this week by the Saucon Creek Watershed Association.
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By Bertrand M. Gutierrez, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Mar. 9--Clean tap water. Unclogged wastewater pipes. Modernized treatment plants.