Last week, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton recognized the state’s Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) with the Better Government Award, which recognizes successful innovation in state government and “the hardworking public servants…
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Iowa Recognized for Water and Wastewater Treatment Operator Certification Program
The Association of Boards of Certification (ABC) has awarded Laurie Sharp, head of the Iowa Department DNR Operator Certification Program, with the 2018 Certification Program Award. The DNR’s Operator Certification…
DC Completes Construction of Anacostia River Tunnel
DC Water has completed construction of its second of four tunnels in the Anacostia River Project which will help mitigate combined sewer overflows that would otherwise end up in the…
New Hampshire Reaches Agreement with Industry on PFAS
This week, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) announced its agreement with Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics to permanently provide safe drinking water to more than 700 properties in the…
Texas Shares Video on Preparing Irrigation Systems for Springtime
With winter coming to a close, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality took the opportunity to share a video with tips to prepare irrigation systems for spring. In the video,…
ECOS Letter on Lead and Copper Rule
This letter provides comments from ECOS as part of EPA’s Federalism Consultation on the Long-Term Lead and Copper Rule.
Missouri Trains Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers
Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) staff offer workshops to train volunteers on how to properly collect water samples in the field. The effort is part of the Volunteer Water…
Montana Partners with Madison Stream Team to Monitor Waterways
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) oversees assessing the quality of waterbodies under state jurisdiction, focusing primarily on perennial rivers and streams and lakes greater than five acres. According…
Florida Presents 2017 Plant Operations Excellence Awards
This week, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded Plant Operations Excellence Awards to five Northwest Florida utilities. The award recipients, which included three drinking water and two domestic…
Delaware Celebrates Pisces Recognition for Cleanup of Brownfield
On January 30, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) celebrated PISCES recognition for the former NVF facility in Yorklyn. DNREC’s new water quality project at the…
