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New EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule Takes Aim at Fossil-Fueled Power Plants

New EPA Rule Will Cut Highly Toxic Lead Pollution from Copper Smelters - Earthjustice 

Attorney General Sues EPA Over New Power Plant Rules - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Totals on PFAS-contaminated utilities 'coming down daily' | Coastal Review

Cancer-causing chemicals ban signed into law in Colorado, 13th state to bar PFAS products

New Effort to Reduce 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water > Appalachian Voices 

Health alert fully lifted after Lake Worth Beach sewage spill in April - The Palm Beach Post

US to post influenza A wastewater data online to assist bird flu probe, official says | Reuters

A month after a sewage spill in the Lake Worth Beach area, health advisory fully lifted - AOL.com

*Drink up: Stuart to debut better-tasting water on Friday with $28 million treatment system

*Drinking water warning issued for Norfolk County town - Yahoo

*Biden Announces $3B to Replace Lead Pipes – More Money Going to States with Greatest Need 

*Industry, residential development threaten Savannah's drinking water sources, report says

*Larimer County reluctantly approves controversial water pipeline to send drinking water south to Tho

*A month after a sewage spill in the Lake Worth Beach area, health advisory fully lifted 

*Florida set to prohibit balloon releases to protect wildlife - EHN - Environmental Health News

*Florida, Catholic Medical Association sue over LGBTQ+ protections - Business Insurance

*Top water official in New Mexico to retire as state awaits decision in Rio Grande case

*AMWA Pushes Congress For Strong Water Infrastructure Funding In FY25

Department of Health warns residents of algae in Deer Point | My Panhandle 

HyperFiber internet service planned for Port Charlotte | WINK 

Safe drinking water amidst Deer Point Lake algae bloom | WJHG 


*Don’t fall for these hurricane season misconceptions

Health officials issue blue-green algae bloom alert for the C43 Canal

EPA, FDA, and USDA Issue Joint Regulatory Plan for Biotechnology

EPA Administrator Recommits Agency to Leading Federal Partners Into Next Phase of ...

EPA, FDA and USDA Issues Updates to the Joint Regulatory Plan for Biotechnology

EPA's Busy April for CERCLA and PFAS: New CERCLA Authority, an Enforcement Escape ...

Can you get rid of forever chemicals? More countries are finding out

Scientists explore nature's promise in combating plastic waste - Mongabay

Massive barge deploys to make way for artificial reef off Jacksonville’s inlet | News4Jax

Environmental groups fight a Florida request in the case of wetlands regulating authority | WMNF

DOH warns public of algae in Lake Okeechobee | WPEC

$7 Million In ARPA Projects Approved For Devine Farm, West Roberts Roads | North Escambia

Pahokee marina clear of algal toxins | Okeechobee News

Low canals and dried-up wells: Why does Cape Coral keep building? | WINK

‘Gut-wrenching’: First rescued sawfish dies as scientists continue search for answers | Local 10

Orlando Public Works considers increasing stormwater fees for improvements, residents push back | WESH

Primo Water Announces Results of Voting for Directors at Annual and Special Meeting of Shareowners | San Mateo Daily Journal

*Innovations In Clarifiers Increase Capacity While Improving Water Quality

*6 Ways To Make Waste Management Easier After Hurricanes And Flooding*

*Unbiasing Your Service Line Material Prediction Model

*Two Years And Counting: The AFC SEMPER RPM Offers Aqua Insight Into Pressure Transients

*Insta-Valve 250 Isolates Wastewater Digester Pumps When Previous Valves Failed

*Protecting Wastewater Treatment Equipment With Septage Receiving Stations*

*When Everyday Becomes Special

*How To Maximize Microbrewery Production Lines

*The Top 7 Ways The STRAINPRESS Helps With Digester Debris Issues

*Pulling Out All The Stops Against Pervasive Pollutants

*The Importance Of UF/MF Membrane Systems In Reclaiming Industrial Wastewater

*What Cities Everywhere Can Learn From The Houston Area's Severe Flooding

*Medical freedom vs. public health: Should fluoride be in our drinking water? - NBC News

*Precautionary boil water notice for South Beach lifted days after water main break - MSN

*Cape Coral residents feeling impacts of city's water shortage - YouTube

*Growing fight over fluoride in drinking water - NBC News

*Ron Desantis is Drinking all of Florida's Water - Tampa News Force

*DOH-Lee Cautions About Blue-Green Algae at Caloosahatchee River

DEP Finds Century Using Pump Not Meant For Drinking Water To Supply Prison

EPA Announces ENERGY STAR® NextGen™ Certification for New Homes and Apartments

More Than 200 Tribes and Four Territories Prepare Climate Action Plans with Support from ...

EPA Announces $9M in Grants Available for Tribes and Eligible US Territories to Replace ...

Biden Administration sets limits on PFAS 'forever chemical' - The Badger Herald

Forever Cercla: EPA Designates Certain PFAS as Hazardous Substances Under Cercla

Research on PFAS contamination in wildlife featured in Press Herald - UMaine News 

Lake Worth Beach waters declared safe after sewage spill incident - CBS12

No fine administered in Salt Ponds sewage spill | Government / Politics | keysnews.com

Neighbors react to the Wakulla Gardens Septic-to-Sewer project - WTXL

*USask Researchers Develop Eggshell ‘Bioplastic’ Pellet As Sustainable Alternative To Plastic

*SUNY ESF Leads Groundbreaking Research In Groundwater’s Role In Ecosystem Sustainability

*DEP Finds Century Using Pump Not Meant For Drinking Water To Supply Prison 

*Florida no-shade law endangers airport workers, farmworkers - The News-Press

*Water main break, no service in East Palatka as boil water notice in effect - Action News Jax

*Big Sugar Lays Claim to Water from Lake Okeechobee Reservoir - Boca Raton Magazine

*3M reaches tentative $10.3 billion deal over US 'forever chemicals' claims - Yahoo News Singapore 

*Philadelphia officials continue to monitor tap water system after chemical spill in Delaware River

*Rain eases in Texas but water rescues continue due to surging rivers - WBAY

*New Drink to Raise Funds For Captains | The #1 Source for News on Fort Myers Beach

*Highlighting the importance of clean drinking water during National Drinking Water Week

Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands in Viera Prepares for Full Reopening, Launches Social Media Venues | Space Coast Daily

Orlando’s proposed stormwater fee hike sparks outrage | Orlando Sentinel

Flowing with Nature | Babcock Ranch Telegraph

Hollywood on Track to Eliminate Ocean Outfall by 2025 with Construction of Two New Deep Injection Wells • Hollywood Gazette | Hollywood Gazette

Atlantic Sapphire salmon farm seeks $250 million public loan | Miami Today

FYI Miami: May 9, 2024 | Miami Today

Panama City Beach planning to expand water supply | WJHG

Another Boil Water Notice Issued For Portion of Chemstrand Road And Area | North Escambia

*Performance Matters: How to Maximize Funding by Optimizing Coatings Service Life to Obtain the Lowest Life-Cycle Cost | May 30, 2024 | 2:00 pm CDT

*Rural Water Cyber Update: Threats, Vulnerabilities, Regulations & Funding, and Cost-Efficient Cyber-resiliency | May 23, 2024 | 2:00 pm CDT

EPA Announces $28 Million for Alaska Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking ..

Lawyer: Quick court action essential to keeping EPA rules from killing industry - The Sheridan Press

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule to Cut Methane Emissions, Strengthen ...

What the Hazardous Substance Designation of PFAS Chemicals Means for Local Governments

Biser urges environmental commission to hear PFAS rules - Coastal Review

*New Stuart water treatment plant to ensure safe drinking water for generations - WPTV

*Water system maintenance to begin May 20 - Pinellas County

*Fecal Water Pollution Found At 2 Florida Beaches

*City of Tucson gets federal money to continue getting rid of harmful chemicals in water

*10 years since the deadly Flint water crisis and America's eroding bridges | Scripps News ...

*Fecal Water Pollution Found At 2 Florida Beaches

*STEP-BY-STEP: How to build a hurricane-ready safe room - ClickOrlando.com 

*EPA Announces $3B For Lead Pipe Replacement

*Drinking Water Safety Called Into Question By 41% Of U.S. Water Utility Customers, J.D. Power Finds

*Microsoft Sustainability Chief Highlights Intrinsic Link To Water

*EPA Announces Final Rule To Protect Water Quality Where Tribes Have Treaty And Reserved Rights

*Improved AI Process Could Better Predict Water Supplies

City of Ormond Beach working to reduce flood risk to homes | WESH 

Lake Worth Beach waters declared safe after sewage spill incident | WPEC 

New Stuart water treatment plant to ensure safe drinking water for generations | WPTV 

Water main break, no service in East Palatka as boil water notice in effect | Action News Jax 

DEP Finds Century Using Pump Not Meant For Drinking Water To Supply Prison | North Escambia 

Climate change has already changed Florida permanently and irreversibly | Villages News 

Big Sugar's lawsuit for control over Lake Okeechobee water | WINK 

55-year-old man shot in parking lot of Clearwater Mexican restaurant | ABC Action News 

Crystal River/Kings Bay, Homosassa/Chassahowitzka Springs Groups and Weeki Wachee Stakeholders Update 053024

Silver Springs and River, and Rainbow Spring Group and Rainbow River Stakeholders Update 053024

New EPA rule targeting 'forever chemicals' in water, Weatherford and Hudson Oaks plant affected

Biden vetoes bill that would negate EPA heavy truck pollution cuts - Yahoo Lifestyle Canada

Governor Polis signs bill to phase out PFAS in more products. - Environment America 

Can you actually avoid “forever chemicals” in your diet? | Salon.com

PFAS in water growing concern, UMES hosts session with stakeholders; lessons learned from Maine

Paris inaugurates River Seine cleanup basin for Olympic swimming - NBC 6 South Florida

*Days after Scripps News investigation, work quietly resumes in Flint 

*How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Will Impact Florida - MSN

*Students distribute drinking water in Jamalpur

Ormond Beach receives over $5 million in state funds for new pump station in Central Park area | Palm Coast Observer 

About 1,000 gallons of raw sewage spills in Loxahatchee | WPEC 

May 5-11 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week | Okeechobee News 

Red Tide Status Update: 5/3/24 | Bradenton Times 

#AskJAXTDY l Does beach renourishment disturb sea turtles? | News4Jax 

Mayor Merrill Raschein Visits Canal Resoration Project in Key Largo | South Dade News Leader 

Environmentalists worry plans to drill near the Apalachicola River could hurt the ecosystem | WFSU 

*Request for Comments on New Federal Flood Standard Support Website and Tool 

House Republicans target EPA chemical accident rule - E&E News by POLITICO

Legal Scrutiny Ahead: Assessing the Implications of EPA's Final Power Plant Rule

Zinke, EPA director spar over Colstrip pollution controls - Bozeman Daily Chronicle 

High levels of forever chemicals in Maine birds add to concern about food chain 

UC, EPA researchers to study PFAS in local groundwater - WVXU 

EPA Makes Major Moves On PFAS In April - Environmental Law - United States - Mondaq

Federal investigation provides clues about how fecal matter got into Riviera Beach water

DEP Launches Water Quality Protection Grant Portal for Fiscal Year 2024-25 | WQCS

*Governor DeSantis Announces Free Florida State Parks Admission for Memorial Day Weekend | Florida Specifier

*DEP Intends to OK Exploratory Oil Drilling in Apalachicola River Floodplain | Tallahassee Democrat

*State Sen. Corey Simon Opposes Apalachicola River Oil Drilling Project | WFSU News

*Snake Release Looks To Restore Florida Ecosystem | MSN 

*SFWMD Celebrates Ribbon Cutting to Support Everglades Restoration | South Central Florida Life

*FDEP Monitors Algal Blooms Statewide | South Central Florida Life

*Governor Ron DeSantis Highlights Investments to Strengthen Florida’s Commitment to Conserving our Natural Resources | FDEP

*City of Apopka Enacts State of Water Supply Conservation for Residents | Apopka Chief

*EPA’s Bold New Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Collaboration Policy | Crowell & Moring LLP

*DeSantis Disney Appointee Said Tap Water Might Be Turning People Gay

*Chaos as huge party flotilla takes over sandbar as tens of thousands descend on ... - Daily Mail 

*(VIDEO) Cloudy drinking water still an issue in Califon Borough | Hunterdon Review News

*California American Water celebrates Drinking Water Week and 50th anniversary ... - Yahoo Finance

*Pond liner prevented Apopka sinkhole environmental disaster, geologist says - WFTV 

*Century Fails To Test Drinking Water For Cyanide, Organic Compounds For Entire Year, DEP Says

*Authorities searching for people seen in viral video dumping trash in ocean - ABC7 

*America May Have Just Found More Drinking Water - Newsweek 

*Lead levels in CFPUA water already below EPA's proposed limit change - WECT

*EPA Finalizes Four Rules to Reduce Pollution from Steam Electric Power Plants

*EPA Finalizes Stronger TSCA Chemical Risk Evaluation Process

*EPA Releases FY24 DWSRF Allotments for Lead Service Line Replacements

*The White House Issues New National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure

*ECOS Updates State PFAS Standards White Paper

EPA Highlights New National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure

The White House Issues New National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure

EPA Finalizes Stronger Chemical Risk Evaluation Process To Protect Workers And Communities

A Virus Could Help Save Billions Of Gallons Of Wastewater