The Clean Water
Smart Growth and the Clean Water Act
January 8, 2002
NEW WEBSITE RESOURCE: Capacity Building Web Site
A new website,
developed by a Non-point Source Capacity Building Workgroup, offers
a suite of tools for watershed groups and local governments, including
links for scientific support, engineering, information technology, project
management, legal issues, and education and outreach. Check out the
new site at www.epa.gov/owow/nps/capacity/index!
Is your stream
muddy? Does it smell? Do you believe that your river or stream is polluted?
Do you have any information that leads you to believe your local streams,
lake, or river is polluted?
October 16, 2001
Featured Water Resource of the Month--The Plain Language
Guide to Sanitary Sewer Overflows
Urge the State To Strengthen Chip Mill Storm
Water Permits
TDEC (Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation)
is about to reissue its industrial storm water permits, including
chip mill facilities that encourage the large-scale clear cutting
spreading across Tennessee and the Southeast.
posted 11/1/01
Needed
For Safety of Tennessee Families and Environment
Press
Conferences Announce Time to Keep the Promise of Clean Water
November 8, 2000
CONFERENCE:
MEDIA Workshop at
Fall Creek Falls (JANUARY, 2001):
Limited Spaces Available!!
October 18 -
On the 29th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, Tennessee
citizens challenged the state of Tennessee and Congress to make good on
the promise of clean water made by the Clean Water Act in 1972. Today marks the beginning of the Year of Clean Water
leading up to October 18, 2002, the 30th anniversary of the
Clean Water Act, one of the most significant environmental laws of the
last century and for the future.
The Clean Water Act: An Owner's Manual is a must! Every citizen
who cares about water quality should have a copy. Order it from River
Network.
River Network helps people understand, protect and restore rivers and
watersheds. As the nation's leader in supporting grassroots river and
watershed conservation groups, they have designed this site to link activists
with the information and services you need.
Clean Water
Network Reports
Reports available for the Clean Water Network.
June 12, 2001
Act for the Clean Water Act, American
Rivers Action Alert:
25 Apr 2001
Say
"No" to Sewage!
Stream
flow Information in Budget Trouble
March
14, 2001
Randall
Arendt Presentation, March 22:
Southeastern
Lakes Management Conference:
The
North American Lake Management Society presents the Southeastern Lakes
Management Conference in Knoxville, TN, March 21-23.
This
conference will focus on ways to restore, enhance, and preserve watersheds
while supporting economic development. Participants will exchange ideas
on current lake and reservoir issues in the Southeast.
For
more information please contact Sue Robertson, Conference Chair, 423-751-3747,
or e-mail [email protected]
March 1, 2001
New
Watershed Initiatives Report
October 10, 2000
5.
CONFERENCE: MEDIA Workshop
at Fall Creek Falls (JANUARY, 2001):
October 10, 2000
7.
NEW RESOURCE:
Spills and Kills Released
October 10, 2000
CHECK
IT OUT! New State Water Quality
Fact Sheets
September 23, 2000
New Summary of Final TMDL Rule Available
ACTION
ALERT: Tell the Clinton Administration to Get Raw Sewage Out of Our
Waters. SEND EASY INTERNET
MESSAGE BY LOGGING ONTO NRDC WEBSITE!
ONLINE
ACCESS TO A WEALTH OF WATER-QUALITY DATA
CONFERENCE:
Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring: Overcoming Boundaries
Check out this website!
USGS Water Quality Data Warehouse: http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/data
September 9,
2000
ANNOUNCEMENT:
CALL for Papers on Sustainable
Watersheds Balancing Multiple Needs (10th Annual
Lake Management Conference)
SOCM:
Citizen Hotline Set Up to Help Citizens Identify Bad Logging Practices
September 9, 2000
Freedom
to Know About Pollution in Your Backyard Want to know about point source
discharges in your area: Check
out this Resource!
September 9, 2000
Tennesseans
Sue Forest Service for Breaking Clean Water Law [excerpt from press
release]
The Southern Environmental Law Center
filed suit against the U.S. Forest Service for approving a timber sale
in the Cherokee National Forest that would pollute streams already too
dirty to meet Tennessee's water quality standards.
June
12, 2000
EPA
Revises Approval Rules for Water Quality Standards
June
12, 2000
Poll
Indicates Americans Support Environmental Movements
June 12, 2000
Atlas
of America's Polluted Waters
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