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Category 3 Hurricane Rafael threatens west Cuba, heavy rain and storm surge to impact Florida Keys
HAPPENING NOW
Wednesday, November 6 2024

Why we need a continental approach to source water protection
Interview with Dr. Peter Leavitt, FRSC, Professor University of Regina, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change and Society
The technology is available to preserve and maintain water quality in our lakes and rivers. When will social and political will align to protect continental water resources?

SDWA
EPA Serious Violators List Quarterly Update
NY Drinking Water Facilities: 92.6% SDWA Compliant

INVASIVE SPECIES SPELL TROUBLE FOR NEW YORK’S BELOVED TAP WATER
Zebra mussels, hydrilla and now a waterflea have made their homes in New Croton Reservoir. - By Lauren Dalban, Inside Climate News
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter
here.
CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2009; Case ID# CR_1954 (California)
Dredge material dumped illegally off Winter Island in violation of Clean Water Act results in $1.5 million penalty

NY HAB Tracker
from NYS DEC and NOAA-NCCOS satellite monitoring program
Bluegreen algal bloom returns to Prospect Park Lake


Hazardous Spill File
5000 gallons propionic acid released in the Niagara Lake Erie Watershed

Tropical Storm Rafael bearing down on Jamaica, intensifying rapidly
AFTER THE CLOSE
Tuesday, November 5 2024

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RECENT ARTICLES

Why we need a continental approach to source water protection
Interview with Dr. Peter Leavitt, FRSC, Professor University of Regina, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change and Society
The technology is available to preserve and maintain water quality in our lakes and rivers. When will social and political will align to protect continental water resources?

INVASIVE SPECIES SPELL TROUBLE FOR NEW YORK’S BELOVED TAP WATER
Zebra mussels, hydrilla and now a waterflea have made their homes in New Croton Reservoir. - By Lauren Dalban, Inside Climate News
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter
here.

Maintaining drinking water quality through flood and fire
Rockdale County, Georgia
During post-hurricane flooding, Biolab chemical fire broke out, spewing a toxic plume

"THE US IS FACING SIGNIFICANT STRAINS ON ITS WATER SUPPLY", JPMorgan Chase & Co Report - October 2024  
Already overstretched, US water resources, are being further stressed by the boom in AI artificial intelligence.

PROMISE MADE; PROMISE KEPT
Canada launches long-awaited national independent agency to manage freshwater - by Julia-Simone Rutgers, The Narwhal
Related WT article

Republished with permission 

...More Recent Articles


RECENT REPORTS

Category 3 Hurricane Rafael threatens west Cuba, heavy rain and storm surge to impact Florida Keys
HAPPENING NOW
Wednesday, November 6 2024

Tropical Storm Rafael bearing down on Jamaica, intensifying rapidly
AFTER THE CLOSE
Tuesday, November 5 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 eyes Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba
AFTER THE CLOSE
Monday, November 4 2024

...More Recent Reports


SDWA Profiles

Safe Drinking Water Act
Drinking Water Facility Profiles, from the records of the EPA, State and municipal sources
Johnstown water main break prompts BWA for customers on County Route 131A

SDWA
EPA Serious Violators List Quarterly Update
NY Drinking Water Facilities: 92.6% SDWA Compliant

Safe Drinking Water Act
From the records of the EPA
AFTER THE CLOSE

SDWA
EPA Serious Violators List Quarterly Update
NY Drinking Water Facilities: 92.5% EPA Compliant

Safe Drinking Water Act
From the records of the EPA
Champion BWA

...More SDWA Profiles


HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS

NY HAB Tracker
from NYS DEC and NOAA NCCOS satellite monitoring program
Bluegreen algal bloom returns to Prospect Park Lake

NY HAB Tracker
from NYS DEC and NOAA NCCOS satellite monitoring program
Bluegreen spike in Canandaigua Lake

...More Harmful Algae Blooms

SPILLS

Hazardous Spill File
5000 gallons propionic acid released in the Niagara Lake Erie Watershed

Hazardous Spill File
Home heating oil spilled inside of a home in the Lower Hudson

...More Spills

FLOWS

Streamflow Situation
From the network of river flow monitors of USGS NY Water Science Center

Streamflow Situation
From the network of river flow monitors of USGS NY Water Science Center
Normal streamflows going into the weekend

...More Flows


Crime Box

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2009; Case ID# CR_1954 (California)
Dredge material dumped illegally off Winter Island in violation of Clean Water Act results in $1.5 million penalty

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2009; Case ID# CR_1928 (California)
Oxnard, CA metal finisher sentenced for discharging toxic wastewater to the municipal treatment plant

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2010; Case ID# CR_1919 (California)
Ship Pilot sent to prison, ships owner fined 10 million for collision with San Francisco Bay Bridge tower, more than 2000 migratory birds wiped out including endangered pelicans and murrelets

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2008; Case ID# CR_1824 (California)
Dead ducks found in an oil slick tracked to a vessel in San Diego Bay

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2008; Case ID# CR_1823 (California)
Electroplator pleads guilty to discharging cyanide to Los Angeles public sanitary sewer, sent to prison

...More Crime Box










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