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2002

12/16/02 — 'I Will Enforce Law of the River' Norton Tells Western Officials, Water Strategist Community
12/13/02 — McDade Set Aside Cash to Fix Sewers, The Scranton Times
12/10/02 — WEF offers second round of wastewater security training, WaterTech Online
12/09/02 — AMSA in the Portland Oregonian for Clean Water Services Gold Award, Portland Oregonian
12/02/02 — Funding Gap May Reach $19 Billion a Year, Engineering News-Record
12/02/02 — Cabinet-level Bill, FOIA Exemption Clear Congress, E&E Daily
11 /2002 — Jeffords Introduces Wastewater Treatment Security Measure, WaterWorld, November Issue
11 /2002 — Security Issues Cloud Future for Water Funding Legislation, WaterWorld, November Issue
11/18/02 — EPA Must Provide Wastewater Treatment Plants With More Information, Inside EPA
11/15/02 — US House Committee Holds Hearing on Dental Mercury, E-Wire
11/12/02 — Ten Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Methods Ratified by EPA in Rule; Challenge Planned, BNA
11/07/02 — ECUA treatment plant wins national Silver Award, Pensacola News Journal
11/05/02 — Management of Biosolids Should Be Covered By Water Act Rules Pending EPA Action Plan, BNA
10/29/02 — EPA Sewage Proposal Nearly Complete, Official Says, Greenwire
10/29/02 — EPA sewage proposal nearly complete, official says, WaterWorld
10/29/02 — National Experts Convene in Texas to Answer Biosolids Questions, PR Newswire
10/25/02 — Waste Treatment Plants Exceeding EPA Pollution Permits, Iowa Waste Reduction Center
10/24/02 — Skate Park Search Uncovers Plans For Sewage Ponds, Portland Oregonian
10/21/02 — Profile: Raw Sewage Spills Threaten Nation's Waterways Due to Aging Sewage
Treatment Plants and Reduced Funding, NPR: All Things Considered. You can also Download the audio version here (.mp3 format, 4.5MB)
10/20/02 — Pollution Often Exceeds Permits, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
10/18/02 — Study Examines Polluted Waterways, Puerto Rico Among Top Violators, Puerto Rico Herald
10/18/02 — As Water Act Turns 30, Challenges Remain For Environmental Law Hailed As Success, BNA
10/18/02 — Majority of companies, waste treatment plants exceeding EPA pollution permits, study finds, Environmental News Network
10/18/02 — Study Critical of Companies, Wastewater Treatment Plants, Charleston Gazette
10/18/02 — Clean Water Act Turns 30; Renewed Federal Commitment Needed, WaterTech Online
10/18/02 — Group: Most Wastewater Treatment Plants Exceed Pollution Limits, WaterTech Online
10/17/02 — Companies, Waste Treatment Plants Exceed EPA Pollution Permits, Associated Press
10/17/02 — U.S. industry, Sewage-Treatment Plants, Exceed Legal Water Pollution Limits, The Canadian Press
10/17/02 — Budget Impasse Raises Funding Questions, Greenwire
10/16/02 — Sewer Rates Rise Steadily, Spartanburg Herald, South Carolina
10/16/02 — Sewer Rates Rise Steadily, GoUpstate.com
10/14/02 — Happy Anniversary Clean Water Act - You've Only Just Begun, Engineering News-Record
10/14/02 — Whitman's Report on Funding Prompts Calls for Support, Engineering News-Record
10/14/02 — Senate Mulls Sewage Fund Gap, Waste News
10/14/02 — 45% of Lakes Unfit for Rec. Uses, EPA Says, Waste News
10/10/02 — Columbus, Ga., to Lead U.S. Cities in Analyzing Water Security, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
10/09/02 — Senate Scopes CWA Challenges, Greenwire
10/09/02 — Senate Scopes Clean Water Act Challenges, Greenwire
10/08/02 — More Than a Third Of Rivers Too Polluted For Swimming, Richmond Register
10/08/02 — AMSA Urges Feds to Close Infrastructure Funding Gap, WaterTech Online
10/08/02 — House OKs Wastewater Security Bill; Senate May Follow, E&E Daily
10/07/02 — Activists Make Their Case For numeric Standards For Dioxin, Water Policy Report
10/07/02 — Measure Introduced in Senate to Fund Security Enhancements for Treatment Plants, BNA
10/07/02 — Majority of Companies, Waste Treatment Plants Exceeding EPA Pollution Permits, Study Finds, SFGate.com
10/04/02 — US Senate Committee Moves Wastewater Security Bill Forward, WaterTech Online
10/03/02 — Wastewater Treatment Security Bill Introduced, Environment News Service
10/02/02 — Water Infrastructure Facing Funding Deficit, Environment News Service
10/02/02 — Turner Honored by Water Group Columbus Water Works President Recognized in Chicago, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
10/02/02 — EPA Says Towns Need Sewer Funds, The Daily Oklahoman
10/02/02 — Turner Honored by Water Group, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
10/01/02 — U.S. Water Quality, Infrastructure Poor, The Salt Lake Tribune
10/01/02 — Funding Gap for Infrastructure Estimated At $534 Billion in EPA's Latest Analysis, BNA
10/01/02 — Whitman Says Water Treatment Needs Outstrip Funding; EPA Study Cites Burden of Maintaining and Replacing Aging Infrastructure, The Washington Post
10/01/02 — WIN, WEF Laud EPA Infrastructure Report, WaterTech Online
09/30/02 — Sewer group offers disaster prep tool, Waste News
09/30/02 — EPA: Third of Survey Rivers Polluted, NorthernCaliforniaRiverWatch.org
09/23/02 — New Senate Opposition Dims Hopes For Water Infrastructure Bill, Water Policy Report
09/23/02 — User Fees Do Not Cover Entire Cost of Running Utilities, GAO Report Says, Clean Water Report
09/19/02 — Many Utilities Deferring Maintenance Due to Funding Crunch -- GAO, Greenwire
09/18/02 — Safeguarding Water as Regular Function Among Biggest Challenges, EPA Official Says, BNA
09/17/02 — Honors, Awards, Guy M. Aydlett, The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
09/17/02 — Cities Oppose Numeric Limits for Dioxins In Sludge; Environmental Groups Disagree, BNA
09/12/02 — Agencies Offer Security Training for Wastewater Facilities, WaterTech Online
09/11/02 — EPA Officials Agree With Inspector General On Assessments of Sewer Overflow Projects, BNA
09/09/02 — POTWs Ask Federal Court To Resolve Key Blending, Overflow Issues, Water Policy Report
09/09/02 — AMSA Opposes Rehearing IN Critical Nonpoint Sources Case, Water Policy Report
09/09/02 — Efficiency Elevates Clean Water Services' Reputation, Portland Oregonian
09/09/02 — MWA Wins State, National Awards, The Macon Telegraph
09/06/02 — EPA Funds Wastewater Security Tool, BNA
09/03/02 — AMSA Gets Funds for Water Security Software, WaterTech Online
09/01/02 — AMSA Supports EPA Sanitary Sewer Overflow Initiative, Concrete Products
08/28/02 — Cities Swamped by Dated, Overflowing Sewer Systems, USA Today
08/26/02 — POTWs Call Activists' Water Act Permit Violations Study Misleading, Water Policy Report
06/26/02 — Rural Systems Worry Over Possible EPA Water Security Guidance, Water Policy Report
08/25/02 — LR One of Many Cities With Wastewater Woes EPA Regulations Spur Upgrades Across U.S., The Arkansas Democrat Gazette
08/20/02 — Sewage Pouring into lakes, streams ; Outdated systems in several cities send waste into the water. Solutions are costly, but so is inaction, and some fear the government is moving too slow, USA Today
08/16/02 — Miami-Dade in Compliance, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
08/15/02 — AMSA slams PIRG report about sewage plant violations, WaterTech Online
08/14/02 — Some Reforms of TMDL Program May Be Done in Guidance, Says Official, BNA
08/12/02 — EPA To Move Forward With Controversial Watershed Rule, Water Policy Report
08/12/02 — Biosolids Partnership Says NAS Report Proves There Is No Dioxin Risk, Water Policy Report
08/12/02 — EPA in process of shifting policy away from fishable/swimmable designations, Clean Water Report
08/12/02 — Free Software Available for Assessing Wastewater System Vulnerability, Local Government Environmental Assistance Network
08/08/02 — EPA urged to propose TMDL rules to public, WaterTech Online
08/07/02 — Sewage Groups Honor Curley, The Arizona Daily Star
08/05/02 — New Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Wastewater Utilities Now Available, U.S. Mayor
08/05/02 — Sewage Agency Releases New Security Software, National Association of Counties
08/01/02 — Water groups: Some water info should not be public, WaterTech Online
07/31/02 — Honors, Awards, Donnie R. Wheeler, The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
07/29/02 — EPA Delaying New Electronic Record-Keeping Requirements, Water Policy Report
07/29/02 — POTW Officials Say MP&M Alternative Too Large A Financial Burden, Water Policy Report
07/29/02 — AMSA Develops Monitoring Alternatives For Dioxin In Biosolids, Water Policy Report
07/25/02 — House Panel Authorizes $220 Million For Wastewater Plant Security Activities, BNA
07/24/02 — Wastewater and Dam Security, Transit Funding Bills Head to Markup, E&E Daily
07/23/02 — Farmers, Foresters Challenge Feds' Authority to Regulate Non-Point Sources, Greenwire
07/22/02 — Report supports biosolids use, Waste News
07/20/02 — EPA's Planned Changes to TMDL Program Said to Weaken Nonpoint Source Provisions, BNA
07/19/02 — Plan Links Funds for Nonpoint Sources To Development of Cleanup Strategies, BNA
07/19/02 — In Brief: AMSA to release security software, WaterTech Online
07/18/02 — Activist Says Municipalities Seeking Regulatory Relief Rather Than Solutions, BNA
07/18/02 — Cities Sue EPA Alleging Uneven Application Of Mandates Relating to Wet Weather Issues, BNA
07/16/02 — AMSA To Release New Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Wastewater Utilities, Water Quality & Environment News
07/15/02 — Activists Say Meat ELG Lacks Controls For Significant Pollutants, Water Policy Report
07/15/02 — NIOSH Withdrawl Of Biosolids Report Weakens Case For EPA Rule, Water Policy Report
07/15/02 — Information Technology: Risk Assessment, Engineering News-Record
07/12/02 — Meat, Poultry Processors Say EPA Proposal Uses Poor Data, Duplicates Existing Controls, BNA
07/10/02 — Legislators decry stalling of US water funding bill, WaterTech Online
07/08/02 — MSD board expected to raise water rates 6.5 percent starting next month, Courier-Journal Louisville, KY
07/05/02 — EPA to Reply to Research Council Report On Sewage by April 2003, Official Says, BNA
07/03/02 — Panel: EPA Lax in Assessing Sludge Risks, Cape Cod Times
07/03/02 — Panel: EPA Lagging In Sludge Research, The Morning News
07/03/02 — EPA's Sludge Science Questioned, Concord Monitor
07/03/02 — EPA Behind Times in Assessing Risks, Daily Southtown
07/03/02 — Sewage Sludge Test Methods Criticized, Record Searchlight (Redding.com)
07/03/02 — Panel: Old rules used to gauge sewage sludge risks, Associated Press
07/03/02 — EPA using outdated technology in assessing sewage sludge risk, Aberdeen American News (SD)
07/03/02 — EPA criticized for sludge control, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
07/03/02 — Report Doubts the Safety of Fertilizer From Sewage Sludge; Locally, St. Peters, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
07/03/02 — Panel: EPA behind the times in assessing sewage sludge, The Tallahassee Democrat
07/03/02 — Panel Frowns at Fertilizer Risks, The Journal Gazette
07/03/02 — EPA Slow On Assessing Sewerage Risk, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
07/03/02 — Panel: EPA Outdated In Assessing Risk of Sewage Sludge, The Belleville News-Democrat
07/02/02 — Panel: EPA sludge fertilizer assessment outdated, Associated Press
07/01/02 — Federal guidelines will address anthrax 'decon water', Clean Water Report
07/01/02 — Waters Can Be Listed as Impaired Exclusively from Nonpoint Sources, Clean Water Report
06/28/02 — Collins Urges National Mercury Effort; The Maine senator's bill would buy up surplus mercury and start a thermometer exchange program, Portland Press Herald
06/24/02 — EPA Proposed Guidance on Data Quality Draws Fire From Industry, Advocacy Groups, BNA
06/17/02 — Noncontroversial Aspects of Sewer Proposal Unlikely to Be Made Separate, Official Says, BNA
06/17/02 — EPA Acknowledges Cots-Benefit Flaws In Metal Products Rule, Water Policy Report
06/17/02 — Wastewater Group Ponders First-Ever Infrastructure Trust Fund, Water Policy Report
06/13/02 — Average Dioxin Concentrations in Sludge Lower Than Limit EPA Proposed in 1999, BNA
06/10/02 — EPA's Proposed Water Pollution Trading Program Eyed, E&E Daily
06/08/02 — Dentists major mercury polluters: A report finds that the toxin is funneled into water treatment plants, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
06/06/02 — Dentists Biggest Mercury Polluters, New Study Finds Health: The metal is widely used in fillings and ends up in the nation's waste water, Los Angeles Times
06/03/02 — EPA Developing Watershed Rule To Move TMDL Program Forward, Clean Water Report
06/03/02 — Environmental Achievement, Nation's Cities Weekly
06/03/02 — Waters Impaired by Nonpoint Sources Subject to TMDL Requirements, Court Says, BNA
06/01/02 — Safeguarding Water Utilities, Civil Engineering
05/28/02 — 'History at the Port' Contest Winners Posted, San Jose Mercury News
05/26/02 — Pinault named leader of sewerage group, The Providence Journal
05/24/02 — Peninsula sewage authority flush with pride, The San Francisco Chronicle
05/22/02 — Whitman Says Cost Saving, New Technologies Needed To Improve Infrastructure Systems, BNA
05/21/02 — House Chairman Would Consider Bill To Secure Wastewater Plants, Aide Says, BNA
05/20/02 — Measure Provides Huge Boost to SRFs, But Water Reps Do Not Like Legislation, Clean Water Report
05/19/02 — County public works wins anti-pollution honor, The Baltimore Sun
05/17/02 — Severn Trent Gets Gold Award, WaterTech Online
05/12/02 — Burning Coal - Major Source of Mercury, The Ventura County Star News
05/09/02 — Mayor Bruce Tobey Wins Award, The Boston Globe
05/07/02 — AMSA asks EPA for better sewer overflow rules, WaterTech Online
05/06/02 — Wastewater Officials Call On EPA To Keep SSO Rule In One Piece, Water Policy Report
05/06/02 — Water Treatment Officials Gear Up To Fight Antidegradation Suit, Water Policy Report
05/06/02 — AMSA, Pharmaceutical Industry Applaud Easing Of Strict POTW Rule, Water Policy Report
05/06/02 — Security tools help utilities assess and overcome vulnerabilities, Nation's Cities Weekly
05/01/02 — National Biosolids Partnership, Journal of Environmental Health
05/01/02 — Farm Bill Agreement Would Provide $17 Billion for Conservation Programs, BNA
04/23/02 — Groups want more water funding in Farm Bill, WaterTech Online
04/22/02 — Stakeholders Call For Array Of Changes In Loan Fund Legislation, Water Policy Report
04/22/02 — EPA To Weaken Proposed Standards For Metal Industry Discharges, Water Policy Report
04/22/02 — Outstanding Concerns May Delay Infrastructure Bill Markup, E&E Daily
04/16/02 — Talks Under Way on Infrastructure Funding To Address Concerns of State, City Officials, BNA
04/15/02 — Sept. 11 Still Having Environmental Effects, Say Agencies, Insurers, Greenwire
04/15/02 — Protocols Should Be Developed to Address Other Possible Terrorist Threats, Officials Say, BNA
04/08/02 — Wastewater Officials Try To Intervene In Antidegradation Case, Water Policy Report
04/08/02 — EPA, Litigants Agree To Delay Biosolids Rule To Consider New Data, Water Policy Report
04/08/02 — EPA May Codify Controversial Sewer Overflow Guidance In New Rule, Water Policy Report
04/05/02 — Low Priority Given to Potential Effects Of Sludge Despite Concerns, IG Reports, BNA
04/02/02 — Sludge Rule to Be Delayed Until 2003; EPA to Issue Notice on New Data for Review, BNA
03/29/02 — Publications Assists in Filing Integrated Water Reports, WaterTech Online
03/25/02 — States Indifferent Towards Integrated Listing Preparation Guide, Water Policy Report
03/25/02 — Municipalities ask to be included in state lawsuit, Charleston Gazette
03/25/02 — Security Remains Top Issue For Government, Industry, Greenwire
03/25/02 — Wastewater Security Planning Tool Expected in Spring, Consultant Says, BNA
03/22/02 — Infrastructure funding bill moves through House committee, WaterTech Online
03/18/02 — Infrastructure Bill On Fast Track With Wednesday Markup, E&E Daily
03/15/02 — Infrastructure funding bill draws support, WaterTech Online
03/14/02 — New Duncan-DeFazio Bill Advances Infrastructure Debate, E&E Daily
03/14/02 — EPA Supports State Revolving Fund Bill, Opposes Funding Level in House Measure, BNA
03/12/02 — Industry Coalitions Issue Recommendations For Complying With Impaired Waters Rule, BNA
03/11/02 — New Bill on Wastewater Systems to Appear, E&E Daily
03/07/02 — Infrastructure in need ; Failing: The city needs money for its water and sewer systems, but more funding isn't a high priority with the Bush administration, Urban Chronicle
03/04/02 — Bill Faces Labor, Funding Hurdles as Markup Nears, E&E Daily
03/01/02 — Senate Infrastructure Bill on Fast Track; Groups Show Support, Suggest Changes, BNA
02/27/02 — Groups voice opinions on infrastructure funding, WaterTech Online
02/27/02 — AMSA, WWEMA Release "Optimizing Public-Agency Purchasing Power", WaterTech Online
02/25/02 — Farm Bureau, AMSA Team Up To Develop New Water Listing Guidance, Water Policy Report
02/25/02 — EPA Nears Granting Treatment Flexibility For Wastewater Plants, Water Policy Report
02/25/02 — EPA Hesitant To Firmly Back POTWs In Sewer Overflow Lawsuit, Water Policy Report
02/25/02 — Water System Bills Probed at Upcoming Hearing, E&E Daily
02/19/02 — Senate Bill Would Authorize $35 Billion Over Five Years for Water, Wastewater Fund, BNA
02/18/02 — Bill Introduction Signals Rewrite of Major Water Laws, E&E Daily
02/13/02 — Draft Wet Weather Policy Criticized By Environmental Groups in Letter to EPA, BNA
02/12/02 — Agency Could Back POTWs on Challenges To Overflows if Maintenance Plans in Place, BNA
02/11/02 — Wastewater Officials Seek Funding For New Security Measures, Water Policy Report
02/11/02 — Activists Say CSO Report Shows Failure Of EPA's Overflow Program, Water Policy Report
02/08/02 — Legislation Reauthorizing SRF Delayed; Treatment Officials Concerned About Funding, BNA
02/07/02 — Officials Responsible for Water, Sewers Respond to New Threats Posed by Terrorists, BNA
02/06/02 — EPA Policy to Control Sewer Overflows Deemed Effective if Properly Implemented, BNA
02/05/02 — Security publications now available, WaterTech Online
02/01/02 — New Threats to Water, Nuke Plants Spawn More Debate, Greenwire
02/01/02 — Effluent Limitation Guidelines Proposed By EPA for Large Meat, Poultry Processors, BNA
01/27/02 — Sewage Forces Cities to Dig Deep, Portland Oregonian
01/22/02 — AMSA conference will focus on security, WaterTech Online
01/15/02 — Agency says report backs need for US infrastructure aid, WaterTech Online
01/14/02 — Wastewater Group Prepares To Unveil New Plant Security Software, Water Policy Report
01/14/02 — EPA Risk Assessment Downplays Threat Of Land-Applied Sludge, Water Policy Report