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Ditch Co. to Pay $9M for Park Damages
May 13, 2008
Oregon Orders Welding Co. to Correct Hazwaste Violations
May 2, 2008
EPA Offers Options for CAFOs
March 17, 2008
WRT Treats Antioch, Ill., Water for Radium
February 29, 2008
Wisconsin Groundwater Law Good; More Work Needed
January 18, 2008

Massey Energy Settles Case for $20 Million
January 12, 2008
ABCs of CWT
July 1, 2007By Drew Frye
Centralized waste treatment: the guidelines for treating liquid wastes and how they affect you
As a part of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to provide effluent guidelines to particular industries, whether they discharge wastewater to surface water or publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
On the Lookout
June 1, 2007By Paul C. Simonetta
Paying attention to often ignored wastewater sources, such as cooling towers, can help your facility stay in compliance
Many facility environmental managers believe that their wastewater compliance requirements are properly managed when discharges from “production-related operations and equipment” are permitted. However, other discharge sources, such as building- or facility-related utilities that provide support to company operations, may require permitting or be subject to other regulatory requirements.
The Paradox of Politics
May 1, 2007By Cindy Chen, Mike Hicks
Party division unearths more environmental law development, analysis shows
Just as "it takes two to tango," it has taken two political parties working in tandem over the last few decades in the United States to produce the vast majority of major federal environmental laws.
Weathering the Storm
May 1, 2006By Dianne P. Crocker
A critical look at the promising future of the Phase I ESA market in a hurricane-ravaged New Orleans
Aug. 25, 2005: Hurricane Katrina, the 11th named tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the season, makes landfall north of Miami, Fla., killing dozens. Four days later, the slightly weakened system touches down on the Central Gulf Coast of Louisiana.
Water Quality Management 101
October 1, 2005By W. Wesley Eckenfelder, William Ney Hansard
A basic overview of the key concepts related to treating municipal and industrial wastewater
Over the past few decades there has been an increased awareness of the importance of water quality. Many municipalities and industrial facilities have upgraded or installed new technologies to meet the demand for clean water. Advances in water quality science show that further improvements are needed to ensure a plentiful water supply and to protect the natural environment.
Diving into the Murky Depths
January 1, 2004By Sarah Klahn
Top Issues in water quality in 2004
In 2004, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Supreme Court will again be the primary forces behind water quality trends. For once, predicting the likely course of the Supreme Court may be easier than predicting EPA's course, given that the agency's new administrator had little experience with EPA-related environmental issues as governor of Utah.

2008 Salary Survey

2008 Salary Survey Invitation

In 1999, when Environmental Protection conducted its annual salary survey, the job outlook was characterized as "Too many dogs chasing too few bones."

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