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Two Arizona Water Companies Ordered to Monitor for Disinfection Byproducts

October 2, 2007

35 Years and Counting

October 1, 2007By Benjamin H. Grumbles

U.S. EPA engages partners and new tools to achieve goals of the Clean Water Act

October 18 is a special day for America’s waters, wetlands, and watersheds: the Clean Water Act (CWA) turns 35. As one of the world’s most successful and enduring environmental laws marks this milestone, it’s a great time to reflect on where we’ve been, what we’ve done, and where we need to go.

Beware the Dance of the Gooney Birds

October 1, 2007By John P. Bachner

Politicians and engineers would better serve U.S. interests by trying to reach the same goal

If there’s one thing that the various wake-of- Katrina studies have shown us, it’s this: Politicians makes lousy engineers. The evidence probably shows that engineers aren't very good politicians, either.

Georgia Agency Bans Most Outdoor Water Use

October 1, 2007

Measuring Water Quality Is Not an Easy Task

October 1, 2007By L. K. Williams

Optimistic timetable did not account for the magnitude of the endeavor

The job of cleaning up the nation’s waterways is a dirty one. And, apparently, one that is going to take much longer than Congress thought 35 years ago this month.

Westminster, Mass., Company Fined for CWA, Community Right-to-Know Violations

September 28, 2007

EPA Orders N.M. Dairies Into Compliance With CWA

September 26, 2007

Seafood Company to Spend Nearly $2 Million to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations

September 26, 2007

EPA orders Allen Marine Inc. of Sitka, AK to Restore Tidelands

September 25, 2007

EPA Files Complaint, Seeks Penalties Against Black Diamond Engineering for CWA Violations

September 19, 2007

EPA Issues Two Final Administrative Orders to Water Supply Systems in Northeast Louisiana

September 14, 2007

Louisiana Oil Spills Cost Texas Oil Company $504,000

September 12, 2007

EPA Settles with Vanderhoef Builders for McCall Storm Water Violations

September 11, 2007

How to Pay By EPA

September 11, 2007By L. K. Williams

Agency program helps communities figure it out

DO you know about rate setting or cost recovery? What about that hot topic asset management? For water/wastewater utilities and the communities that support them, the money is critical but knowing how to manage that money may be more sustaining in the long run.

Inspection: Ready or Not

September 11, 2007By Michael Cherniak

A little preparation can go a long way toward easing compliance worries

AFTER a day of field work on the road, some guys like to work out, have dinner and drink a few beers, and talk about sports, fishing, politics, or new gadgets. My buddy Ron Trygar and I tend to talk about wastewater stuff. We just can’t seem to leave it at the plant site at day’s end. We like to describe it as passion and deny that the ongoing banter is obsession.