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• Access Top-Line articles from the pages of WIMS Daily Environmental Briefing Report on Water Management issues posted on the eNewsUSA Blog

   

   

• Supreme Court Denies Hearing TMDL "Daily" Case  - January 16, 2007: Click on the title to access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• Boxer & AWWA Differ On Monitoring For Perchlorate  - December 22, 2006: Click on the title to access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• Can A Lake Be Filled & Fish Killed Under CWA? - December 4, 2006: Click on the title to access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• EPA Attempts To Clarify "Daily" TMDL Meaning - November 22, 2006: Click on the title to access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• EPA Issues Final Drinking Water Groundwater Rule - Oct 12, 2006: Click on the title for access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• New UNEP Report Evaluates State Of The Marine Environment - October 4, 2006: Click on the title for access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• USA v. Gerke Excavating, Inc. Interprets Rapanos Decision - Sep 22, 2006: Click on the title for access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• NAS Report Addresses Deteriorating U.S. Water Distribution Systems - Sep 12, 2006: Click on the title for link to our Blog article.
• Worldwide Assessment Of Water Management In Agriculture - August 21, 2006: Click on the title for access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• Ninth Circuit Interprets Supreme Court Wetlands Decision - August 11, 2006: Click on the title for access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• How Federal Policies Affect The Allocation of Water - August 07, 2006: Click on the title for access an eNewsUSA Blog post with details and links to further information
• Rapanos v. U.S. & U.S. v Carabell Supreme Court Decision - Jun 19, 2006. Access the complete opinion and syllabus (click here). Access links to the latest media coverage (click here). Access the Rapanos/Carabell oral argument transcript (click here). Access briefs in the case on the Supreme Court website (click here). Access the Supreme Court docket for the case listing the extensive list of "Friend of the Court" parties in the proceeding (click here). Access all briefs in the case posted on the Endangered Species & Wetlands Report website (click here).
• EPA, WHO & Others Launch Water Safety Website - Mar 20, 2006: Access the WSPortal (click here). Access the 4th World Water Forum website (click here). Access EPA's international water programs website (click here). 
• EPA Releases Guide To Watershed Management - Jan 6, 2006: Access a release with commenting procedures (click here). Access the handbook website with links to a fact sheet and the complete text by chapters (click here).
• EPA Proposes To Extend CAFO Compliance Dates - Dec 16, 2005: Access an EPA release (click here). Access additional information about the CAFO rule (click here). Access more information on animal feeding operations and NPDES permits (click here). Access the complete 65-page Waterkeeper Alliance decision of February 28, 2005 (click here).  
• EPA Finalizes Two Sets Of Drinking Water Rules - Dec 15, 2005:  Access a release and link to prepublication copies of the rules and additional information (click here).
• Guidebook On Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas - Dec 8: Access a release and links to further information (click here). Access the Guidance (click here).
• Report On Biodiversity Values of Geographically Isolated Wetlands - Dec 1, 2005: Access the Executive Summary and link to the report and appendices (click here). Access the NatureServe website for additional information (click here).
• NRDC Report On Ocean Noise And Marine Life - Nov 21, 2005: Access a lengthy release and links to the report and movie (click here).
• Groups Announce Drinking Water Rules Settlement With EPA - Nov 17: Access a release from NRDC and link to the complete Consent Decree (click here).
• Levees & Restoration Of Hurricane Protection For New Orleans - Nov 17: Access the hearing website and links to all testimony and statements (click here).
• House Hearing On Superfund Laws and Animal Agriculture - Nov 16: Access the hearing website and links to all testimony and an audio of the hearing (click here).

Drinking Water

• US EPA Drinking Water Academy
• Water Barons (from the Center for Public Integrity)

Great Lakes

• See WIMS-EcoBizPort Special Report on Water Management In Michigan & the Great Lakes for background information (click here). 
• See WIMS/EcoBizPort Special Report on Great Lakes Restoration issues for further background information (click here). 

Oceans

• Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (JOCI)

Sewage Municipal

Sewage Septics

Stormwater

• National Stormwater Quality Database
• Stormwater Authority.org

Watersheds

• Center for Watershed Protection

Wetlands