Clean Water Advocacy - Newsroom - AMSA in the News
2003
- 12/29/03 — Key Groups Face Off Over EPA's Draft Wastewater Blending Guidance, Water Policy Report
- 12/29/03 — Senate Leaders Seek State, Utility Input on Water Funding Legislation, Water Policy Report
- 12/29/03 — EPA Likely to Move Forward With Pretreatment Streamlining Rule, Water Policy Report
- 12/25/03 — AMSA Platinum Award Given to Taylor Creek Plant, Cincinnati Enquirer
- 12/23/03 — Orange County Utilities Honored For Sewer Operations, Orlando Business Journal
- 12/18/03 — Practice Of Blending Is Appropriate, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- 12/16/03 — Report to Congress on Sewer Overflows Delayed Until Spring 2004, EPA Official Says, BNA
- 12/11/03 — Sewage Treatment Operators Get A Break, Environmental Science & Technology
- 12/10/03 — Virginia May Set Numeric Nutrient Limits For Sewage Treatment Plants, Warner Says, BNA
- 12/07/03 — Fletcher Welcomes Wilcher At Lost River, Bowling Green Daily News (Kentucky)
- 12/04/03 — Cincinnati to Spend $1 Billion to Upgrade Sewer System, Curb Discharges Under Pact, BNA
- 11/26/03 — Local governments seek legal clarity in 'blending' ruling, Greenwire
- 11/19/03 — EPA Policy To Bring Savings? Forget It!, Decatur Daily Democrat, IN
- 11/18/03 — $1 Billion for Stormwater Projects Related to Transportation Called "Modest Amount", BNA
- 11/16/03 — Atlanta Pushes For U.S. Sewer Funds, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 11/13/03 — Bill includes boost for stormwater mitigation, urban planning, Greenwire
- 11/11/03 — Return of the dilution solution EPA should not weaken local water-quality standards, Herald-Tribune
- 11/10/03 — EPA Policy Proposal Could Affect MSD, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- 11/10/03 — Federal Sewage Plan Opposed, Tallahassee Democrat
- 11/05/03 — Groups Blast EPA Plan To Reduce Waste Treatment During Floods, The Plain Dealer
- 11/04/03 — EPA Proposes Easing Wastewater Regulation During Storms, Los Angeles Times
- 11/04/03 — EPA Proposes Easing Wastewater Regulation During Storms, St. Paul Pioneer Press
- 11/04/03 — White House Wants Sewage Laws Eased, Los Angeles Times
- 11/04/03 — EPA to Ease Wastewater Rules in Storms, Seattle Times
- 11/04/03 — EPA Allows Partial Treatment At Sewage Plants In Storms, Environmental News Network
- 11/04/03 — Diverting, Remixing of Excess Wastewater Allowed Under Certain Conditions, EPA Says, BNA
- 11/03/03 — Associations Debate Water Tax Issue, Waterworld
- 11/03/03 — EPA To OK Sewage Treatment Exemptions, Las Vegas Sun
- 11/03/03 — EPA To OK Sewage Treatment Exemptions, Boston Globe
- 11/02/03 — EPA To Ease Sewage Treatment Rules, USA Today
- 10/30/03 — Nitrogen Limits for Treatment Plants Recommended to Restore Chesapeake Bay, BNA
- 10/27/03 — Land-Applying Biosolids Safe, EPA Says, Waste News
- 10/27/03 — Municipal Groups Urge EPA to Reject Petition to Ban Use of Sludge on Land, BNA
- 10/26/03 — Sewer Overhauls Drive Fee Hikes, USA Today
- 10/24/03 — Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge: Decision Not To Regulate Dioxins in Land-Applied Sewage, Federal Register
- 10/23/03 — Parkway Sewage Plant Given Efficiency Award, Laurel Leader.com
- 10/21/03 — EPA Opts Not to Regulate Dioxins in Sewage Sludge, Environment News Service
- 10/20/03 — Dioxins in Sludge Will Not Be Regulated Because of Low Cancer Risk, EPA Decides, BNA
- 10/17/03 — Rule on Use of Treated Sludge as Fertilizer Expected to Be Finalized by EPA Today, BNA
- 10/13/03 — Future Water Quality May Be Headed Back to the 1970s, Engineering News Record
- 10/10/03 — EPA Not Supportive of Ban on Mercury In Dental Fillings, Agency Official Testifies, BNA
- 10/09/03 — Clean streams Lawmakers, industry should support policy to protect state, Charleston Gazette
- 10/09/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, San Francisco Chronicle
- 10/09/03 — Dentists To Decide On Mercury Use, MSNBC
- 10/09/03 — Dentists Can Regulate Mercury Use Themselves: US Watchdog, CBC News, Canada
- 10/09/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Rocky Mount Telegram, NC
- 10/09/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Charleston Gazette, WV
- 10/09/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Guardian, UK
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Charleston Sunday Gazette Mail, WV
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Penn Live, PA
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Centre Daily Times, PA
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Aberdeen American News, SD
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Biloxi Sun Herald, MS
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Wichita Eagle, KS
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Duluth News Tribune, MN
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Akron Beacon Journal, OH
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Wilkes Barre Weekender, PA
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Macon Telegraph, GA
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Belleville News-Democrat, IL
- 10/08/03 — EPA to Let Dental Industry Regulate Self, Newsday.com
- 10/06/03 — U.S. must add to funding of nation's water systems, Charlotte Business Journal
- 10/01/03 — Clearing The Air, American City and County Magazine
- 09/29/03 — Domestic Issues Raise Concerns On Iraq Costs, The Miami Herald
- 09/28/03 — Bush's Choice: Iraq vs. Water, The Springfield News-Leader
- 09/28/03 — U.S. funding in Iraq creates controversy, Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)
- 09/28/03 — Grumbles grow at home as costs of war increase, Tallahassee Democrat
- 09/28/03 — Bush Accused Of Ignoring U.S. Needs, Duluth News Tribune
- 09/28/03 — Money Planned For Iraq, Afghanistan Is Lightning-Rod Issue, Zawya.com
- 09/28/03 — U.S. VS. IRAQ SPENDING: 'Blind to our needs,' Bush helps Iraq, TwinCities.com
- 09/27/03 — Money Planned For Iraq, Afghanistan Is Lightning-Rod Issue, Tallahassee Democrat
- 09/27/03 — Money Planned For Iraq, Afghanistan Is Lightning-Rod Issue, Ledger-Enquirer
- 09/27/03 — Money Planned For Iraq, Afghanistan Is Lightning-Rod Issue, Macon Telegraph
- 09/27/03 — Money Planned For Iraq, Afghanistan Is Lightning-Rod Issue, Bradenton Herald
- 09/26/03 — Money Planned For Iraq, Afghanistan Is Lightning-Rod Issue, The Miami Herald
- 09/26/03 — Money Planned For Iraq, Afghanistan Is Lightning-Rod Issue, Mercury News
- 09/26/03 — Money Planned For Iraq, Afghanistan Is An Issue, Ohio.com
- 09/26/03 — Security Guide for Wastewater Plants Published by West Virginia University, BNA
- 09/24/03 — Legal Snag Blocks EPA Push To Reclassify Key Water Disinfectant, InsideEPA.com
- 09/12/03 — Making A Stink: When County Sewer Work Backfires, It Can Get Ugly, The Miami Herald
- 09/12/03 — Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation Honored As A Certified Biosolids Environmental Management System, WaterWorld
- 09/09/03 — Draft Policy on Blending Wastewater Flows With Treated Effluent Sent for OMB Review, BNA
- 09/08/03 — New Trust Fund For Nations Sewer System?, Great Lakes Radio Consortium
- Sept. '03 — Water Infrastructure Woes: Drowning in Red Ink, Environmental Protection
- Sept. '03 — City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Sanitation Completes Biosolids Certification, Environmental Expert.com
- 08/27/03 — Lack of Data on Health Impacts, Overflows Should Be Cited in EPA Report, Group Says, BNA
- 08/20/03 — Clean Sewer Trust Fund May Face Uphill Battle, Greenwire
- 08/19/03 — The Sludge Capital Rural Land, Lack of Money Made DeSoto County A Dumping Ground, Herald Tribune
- 08/18/03 — Taxes on Pollution, Income Seen as Sources For Infrastructure Trust Fund, Paper Says, BNA
- 08/11/03 — Silver Recovery 2003, Focus on Imaging
- 08/07/03 — Wastewater Agency Receives AMSA Certification, WaterWorld
- 08/07/03 — Wastewater Agency Receives AMSA Certification, WaterTech Online
- 08/06/03 — Water/Wastewater Consulting Firm Hires New Exec, WaterTech Online
- 07/30/03 — Wastewater Security Bill Expected To Reach Senate Floor In September, Thompson Publishing Group Inc.
- 07/29/03 — Fall River, Mass., Wastewater Plant Gets Special Recognition, WaterWorld
- 07/27/03 — Sewage Rate Hike Needed? Here's the Math Behind It, Los Angeles Times
- 07/27/03 — Estrogen contaminated water can bend gender of male fish, SANLUISOBISPO.COM
- 07/23/03 — Cumming Water Facility Among Nation's Best, NorthFulton.com
- 07/22/03 — Dischargers Advised to Provide Regulators With Technical Help in Developing Criteria, BNA
- 07/21/03 — Wastewater Association Calls on Congress For Funds, WasteNews
- 07/20/03 — Bayou Marcus plant touted as exemplary, PensacolaNewsJournal.com
- 07/18/03 — Watershed-Based Permitting May Help Cities Meet Standards, Treatment Officials Told, BNA
- 07/18/03 — Water Quantity Seen as Pressing Issue, Advocate, Government Officials Agree, BNA
- 07/17/03 — Salinity May Emerge as New Challenge For Dischargers, Wastewater Officials Told, BNA
- 07/16/03 — 'No Feasible Alternative' Showing Needed To Justify Blending Practice, Conference Told, BNA
- 07/14/03 — Water associations approve strategy, but critic notices only status quo, Clean Water Report
- 07/11/03 — EPA Draft Strategy for Managing Sludge Called Inadequate in Comments to Agency, BNA
- 07/11/03 — WEF Announces Collaborative Effort to Provide Free Security Training and Technical Assistance for Community Water Systems, WaterWorld
- 07/10/03 — EPA Research Plan Splits Applicators, Generators of Biosolids, Inside EPA
- 07/10/03 — Anne Arundel Honored for Anti-Pollution Efforts, The Washington Post
- 07/10/03 — $200 Million Wastewater Security Funding on Deck in Congress, Water Technology Online
- 07/09/03 — Wastewater Plant Wins National Award, Free Lance Star
- 07/04/03 — Association Honors Waste-Water Plant, El Paso Times
- 06/29/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, The Kansas City Star
- 06/29/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, The Columbus Dispatch
- 06/28/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal
- 06/28/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, The State (Columbia, SC)
- 06/28/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, Charlotte Observer (NC)
- 06/28/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, Ledger-Enquirer
- 06/28/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, Tallahassee Democrat
- 06/28/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, Bradenton Herald
- 06/28/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, Macon Telegraph
- 06/28/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, Miami Herald
- 06/27/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, Philadelphia Inquirer
- 06/26/03 — Estrogen Able to Feminize Sex of Male Fish, Duluth News-Tribune
- 06/26/03 — Treatment Plant Makes the Grade, West New York Reporter
- 06/26/03 — Treatment Plant Makes the Grade, Herald News
- 06/25/03 — Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge of Non-Point Pollution Rule, Land Letter
- 06/20/03 — Anne Arundel Honored for Anti-Pollution Efforts, Baltimore Business Journal
- 06/18/03 — Bush Administration Plays Highway Proposal SAFE, Concrete Products
- 06/02/03 — Survey: Safe, Clean Drinking Water Is a Necessity, The National League of Cities
- 05/30/03 — Sewers: 800,000 Miles of Tunnels Vulnerable to Terror Attacks, Ledger-Enquirer
- May/June '03 — Why not Water?, Water & Wastewater Products
- May '03 — Water Infrastructure Network Advocates for Large and Small Interests Alike, Pacific Mountain Network News
- 05/29/03 — Montgomery's Thomas "Buddy" Morgan Takes Reigns of AMSA, The Montgomery Independent
- 05/29/03 — For 1st Bill, Hitting the Beach / Bishop Picks An Issue Close To Home - The Environment, Newsday
- 05/26/03 — McCollum, Lyons, Williams Receive AMSA Awards, Nation's Cities Weekly
- 05/26/03 — NLC Leaders Honored for Their Commitment to Wastewater Treatment, Nation's Cities Weekly
- 05/23/03 — Tribute to Mr. Thomas "Buddy" Morgan of Montgomery, AL, Congressional Record
- 05/23/03 — GOP Pollster Shows Broad Backing For Long-Term Water Funding, Inside EPA
- 05/21/03 — Poll Finds Americans Willing to Pay Higher Taxes for Clean, Safe Water, BNA
- 05/21/03 — WEF to Provide Vulnerability Assessment Resources and Training Focused on Nation's Small Drinking Water System, WaterWorld
- 05/20/03 — Treatment Officials Want EPA to Act On Blending, Other Wet Weather Policies, BNA
- 05/19/03 — Environmental Infrastructure Is Closer To Funding Boost, ENR
- 05/15/03 — Democrats Seek to Amend Inhofe Bill On Wastewater to Add Money, Restrictions, BNA
- 05/14/03 — Wastewater Plants, Chemical, Nuclear Sites Focus of Bills to Be Marked Up in Senate, BNA
- 05/08/03 — House Approves Legislation to Authorize $220 Million for Wastewater Security Needs, BNA
- 05/08/03 — House Passes Wastewater Security Bill, E&E Daily
- 05/07/03 — House Passes Bill to Help Wastewater Plants Thwart Terrorist Attacks, SignOnSanDiego.com
- 05/07/03 — House Passes Bill on Plant Security, Seattle Post Intelligencer.com
- 05/07/03 — US Bill Will Tighten Security At Water Treatment Plants, Dow Jones International News
- 05/07/03 — House Passes Bill to Help Wastewater Plants Thwart Terrorist Attacks, Associated Press
- 04/16/03 — Lawmakers, Industry Debate Plan to Deter Chlorine Use, The Dallas Morning News & Charlotte.com
- 04/15/03 — Anti-Terror Bill Targets Chlorine, Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News
- 04/08/03 — Cities Struggle to Find Sewer Improvement Funds, Greenwire
- 04/08/03 — Review Sought on Rule Establishing Tests to Measure Whole Effluent Toxicity, BNA
- March '03 — New EPA Budget Cuts Water Programs, WaterWorld
- March '03 — AMSA Releases Security Software Tools. WaterWorld
- 03/26/03 — Municipalities Allege EPA Secret Policy To Bar 'Blending,' Absent Regulatory Ban, BNA
- 03/20/03 — Congress Urged to Develop Long-term Infrastructure Funding Solution, WaterTech Online
- 03/17/03 — New Products & Technology, Waste News
- 03/17/03 — 'Gross Allocation' for Nonpoint Sources In Draft Rule Has Broad Support, OMB Told, BNA
- 03/10/03 — Wastewater Plants To Get Assistance To Make Vulnerability Assessments, Business Publishers, Inc.
- 03/05/03 — Strategy for Setting Effluent Guidelines Should Be Based on Risk, Dischargers Say, BNA
- 02/27/03 — House Bill to Fund Wastewater Security Approved by Transportation Committee, BNA
- 02/20/03 — Federal, New Jersey Plan For Strict Mercury Standards Draws Industry Fire, Inside EPA
- 02/17/03 — Wastewater Operations Partnership Helps Indianapolis Avoid 33 Percent Rate Increase, WaterWorld
- 02/17/03 — Water Award, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 02/14/03 — Sewer Project in the Works, Austin Business Journal
- 02/13/03 — Farm Bureau Seeks Supreme Court Decision in TMDL Case, Greenwire
- 02/13/03 — EPA Honors Clean Water Partners for the 21st Century, WaterWorld
- 02/10/03 — Regions Contest Draft EPA Guide Allowing Wastewater 'Blending', Water Policy Report
- 02/10/03 — POTWs Financial Survey Finds Increasing Debt Loads Force O&M Cuts, Water Policy Report
- 02/10/03 — As Doubts Surface, Industry Presses EPA To Offer New TMDL Rule, Water Policy Report
- 02/10/03 — Supporters of New TMDL Rulemaking Seek Help From Congress, EPA Meeting, BNA
- 02/04/03 — Feds Pushed to Fund Solutions to US Infrastructure Woes, WaterTech Online
- 02/03/03 — Management, Conservation Seen as Options For Infrastructure Funding Gap, EPA Says, BNA
- 02/03/03 — Water/Wastewater System Security Risks Assessed, Engineering News-Record
- Feb. '03 — New Congress May Impact SRF Funding, Underground Construction
- Feb. '03 — Representatives Kelly and Tauscher Introduce Water Infrastructure Bill, Water Strategist
- Feb. '03 — EPA Announces Water Quality Trading Program, Water Strategist
- Feb. '03 — Groups Urge new Congress to Make Water Issues a Priority, WaterWorld
- Jan/Feb '03 — The Rush To Meet Vulnerability Assessment Deadlines, New England Environment
- 01/30/03 — Support Growing For Water Improvement Trust Fund, Congress Daily AM
- 01/30/03 — Proposal to Withdraw EPA Regulation On Impaired Waters Gets Broad Support, BNA
- 01/21/03 — Water Utility Vulnerability Assessment Tools Available, BNA
- 01/20/03 — Liquid Solution : Generators Can Trade Credits Under EPA Plan, Waste News
- 01/17/03 — AMSA Warns of Adverse Changes in TMDL Policies, WaterTech Online
- 01/16/03 — AMSA, DC Water Agency File Joint Brief in Key Clean Water Case, WaterWorld
- 01/16/03 — AMSA Releases New Water Security Software Tools, WaterTech Online
- 01/15/03 — National Experts Respond to Biosolids Questions, FirstCall TAMPA, Fla.
- 01/14/03 — EPA's Pollution Credit Trading Policy Met With Praise, Skepticism by Advocates, BNA
- 01/14/03 — Water Quality Trade Program to Start in Alabama, Birmingham Post Herald
- 01/14/03 — Water Groups Laud New EPA Water Quality Policy, WaterTech Online
- 01/14/03 — EPA's Pollution Credit Trading Policy Met With Praise, Skepticism by Advocates, BNA
- 01/14/03 — Whitman Unveils Water Pollution Credit-Trading Program, Congressional Greensheets
- 01/13/03 — EPA's New Trading Policy Retreats From Promoting Mercury Trading, Inside EPA
- 01/13/03 — Environmentalists Warn Construction Effluent Guide Is Unlawful, Inside EPA
- 01/13/03 — EPA Releases Innovative
Approach to Cleaner Water; 11 Pilots Receiving More
than $800,000 in Funding, U.S. Newswire - 01/10/03 — New Water Quality Approach to Rely on Economic Incentives, WaterTech Online
- 01/09/03 — Water Infrastructure Funding Bill Introduced in Congress, WaterTech Online
- 01/08/03 — Proposal in House to Authorize $25 Billion Over Five Years for Wastewater Projects, BNA
- 01/06/03 — Cities Turn to Gov't for Help With Sewers, Waste News
- Jan. '03 — Plumbing the Murky Depths: Top Issues in Water Quality in 2003, Environmental Protection
- Jan. '03 — Security Software Meets With Broad Interest, WEM
- Jan. '03 — Eye On The Chesapeake, Woods & Waters Magazine