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USGS to Release Water Contamination Reports

USGS report documents occurrence of nearly 270 contaminants in U.S. surface water and treated drinking water supplies for nine water systems.

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Nearly 800 Dams Already Removed Across U.S.

The last vestiges of the dam-building era continue. But the era of the dam removers is well under way, as communities try to improve river habitat, restore fish migrations, or remove hazardous dams that are crumbling or no longer serve a useful purpose (though dam removal can also have potentially adverse consequences, such as the release of toxic sediments, or reductions in species that had adapted to the dam environment). In 2008, about 60 dams were removed, according to the advocacy group American Rivers. That adds substantially to the more than 300 dams that have been removed since 1999, and about 790 dams removed in the last 100 years, according to the group's tally.

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TOOLBOX: EPA Site Posts State-by-State Impaired Waters Data

With a click or two, you can get to all the data about your state's waters which are too impaired for their designated uses.

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Many Eyes: Take a Fresh Look at Drinking Water Reports

Reports are coming out, as required by law, telling consumers what contaminants are in their local utility's drinking water. What's in yours?

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Corps Withholds Dam Inventory Data

The Army Corps of Engineers has stopped giving the public access to a database that shows how well federal agencies are doing at dam safety.

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EPA Proposes Water Efficiency Standard

EPA is developing a voluntary water efficiency standard for new single-family homes and townhomes.

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EPA Beach Contamination Data Online

EPA announced May 29, 2008, that its assembled data on beach closings in 2007 is available online. You can look up beaches in the Great Lakes, along the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts, and for five US territories.

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