This week, staff of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR) took a field trip to Lesterville High School, where they demonstrated water quality equipment and taught students how water…
Water
Minnesota Holds First Well-Attended Town Halls on Water
As part of Minnesota’s 25 by 25 campaign to improve water quality 25% by 2025, Governor Mark Dayton has held three of 10 clean water town hall meetings over the…
Vermont Clean Water Week Reaffirms Commitment to Stewardship
Vermont Governor Phil Scott this week joined state and local officials and others in declaring their commitment to protect the state’s waters as they marked Vermont Clean Water Week. Kicking…
Idaho Seeks U.S. EPA Approval to Administer NPDES Program
Idaho Governor Butch Otter has applied to U.S. EPA Region 10 for approval for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) to administer the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES)…
Pennsylvania Develops Interactive Multimedia Story Map on Susquehanna River
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently launched an interactive multimedia story map that chronicles its progress toward restoring the Susquehanna River. The story map features GIS maps, videos,…
Arizona’s One-Day Permit Turnaround Enhances Groundwater Protection
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (AZ DEQ) has streamlined the process for its Aquifer Protection permit holders to submit groundwater monitoring data. Previously, staff required up to three months…
ECOS Comments on EPA’s FY18-19 National Program Manager Guidances
This letter and corresponding document contain ECOS’ comments on U.S. EPA’s draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 National Program Manager (NPM) Guidances for the OLEM, OAR, OCSPP, OW, OEI, OITA, OECA,…
ECOS, ACWA, ASWM Letter on CWA Section 404 Assumption
This joint letter from ECOS, the Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA), and the Association of State Wetlands Managers (ASWM) to EPA’s OW addresses the Waters Assumable by States and…
Iowa DNR Launches Locally Led Water Quality Monitoring Program
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is launching a new, locally led volunteer water monitoring program to help Iowans better understand their local water quality. “Volunteer water monitoring [can…
West Virginia Provides Stream Monitoring Training
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Save Our Streams coordinator recently worked with the Mountain Institute, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving mountain ecosystems, to offer stream monitoring…
