2019 Clean Water Act Waste 
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 17, 2024
It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. A 2019 study in the journal of Marine and Freshwater Research found that the world’s wetlands deliver $47 trillion a year in ecosystem services.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
The tide of waste was generated by animals from 132 CAFOs in Indiana and Ohio. Her finding revealed a major source of phosphorus that drains from farmland and contributed to the harmful algal bloom that shut down Toledo’s drinking water plant for three days the year before. EGLE has not compiled records for manifested waste for 2015.
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Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The waste is stored at 75 nuclear power sites in the country. Regan also said that the EPA will propose a draft regulation in November that would define the waterbodies that are regulated by the Clean Water Act. By the Numbers. 86,000 Metric Tons : Amount of used nuclear fuel from U.S. commercial power reactors.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
And special measures to dispose of the toxic waste product costs $220 million, though not all of those costs are strictly related to algae. These expenses trickle down into residents’ water bills. The Clean Water Act is a clunky instrument for addressing diffuse pollution. Even its community champions knew that.
Smith Enviorment
JULY 9, 2019
July 9, 2019. The 2019 legislative session got off to a very slow start. In 2018, the legislature allocated $2 million to DEQ’s Division of Water Infrastructure to help local governments extend water lines to properties affected by contamination caused by per? fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) including GenX.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The DEP and USGS report published the findings of a 2019 survey studying the prevalence and distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across surface waters in Pennsylvania.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
“Because that widespread use has come into contact with the natural environment for decades, PFAS chemicals have been detected in groundwater and surface water in various parts of the world, including rivers in Southwest Pennsylvania and water from some Pennsylvania public water supplies.” In December 2019, Gov.
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