TWR #223
Tier 2 Shortage Declared in the Colorado River System: Department of the Interior Announces Urgent ActionGroundwater Rights in Oregon: State to Update Allocation PolicyGrazing Agreement in Arizona: Legal Agreement Reached With BLM to Remove All Trespass Cows From Conservation AreaEPA Proposes to Designate PFAS as Hazardous Substances under CERCLA (“Superfund”)Hanford Site Tanks: Leaking Tanks Agreement…
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Conservation Plan: Upper Colorado River Basin Proposal Submitted to ReclamationReclamation Operations Guidelines Revisions for Colorado River to be DevelopedSalmon Protection in California by Reclamation: Chilled Hatchery Water to Stabilize Water SupplyGrassland CRP Signup by USDA Over Three Million AcresReservoir Release Boosting Instream Flows in Colorado – Water Trust & Conservancy District PartnershipDrought Plans in the…
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Economic Impact: Compliance Cost Consideration for Variance From Water Quality StandardsWastewater Standards: PFAS & Contaminants – EPA Undertakes New Rulemakings to Reduce ContaminantsGroundwater/NPDES: Maui Guidance RescindedWater Rights Compact in Montana & Tribal Marsh Lands ReturnedClean Water Act Protection in Alaska’s Bristol Bay – § 404(c) DeterminationGroundwater Cleanup: Settlement Agreements in California After 30 Years
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PFAS Extraction: Wellhead Filtration Treatment PlantPFAS Study – DoD Grant to University of Arizona: How PFAS Chemicals Move Through Soil & Threaten GroundwaterDrought Input in the WEST: USDA Requests Landowner Input on ImpactsSustainable Farming: EPA & New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau Sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Expand Joint ActivitiesFarm Water Quality: EPA’s “Farmer…
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MS4 Needs — Stormwater ’s Future: WEF National MS4 Survey & Stormwater Management OptionsFlow Restoration: Request for Water Process by Colorado Water Trust & Colorado Water Conservation BoardLand & Water Purchases: Biden Administration’s Steps to Strengthen Land and Water Conservation Fund – Rescinding Trump PoliciesHarbor Cleanup in Oregon: Portland Superfund SettlementCOVID-19 & Water: EPA Health…
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COVID-19 Operations: Essential Workers and EPA ResourcesEPA Enforcement: Suspensions of Laws & Regulations During Coronavirus OutbreakWOTUS Rule: EPA Science Advisory Board’s Harsh CritiqueInstream Flows: New Legislation in ColoradoNational Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation (Version 1) Released by EPASuction Dredge Mining: Law Prohibiting Signed in WashingtonWater Use Mitigation: Washington’s Ecology Makes Water Right PurchaseTransfer of…
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WaterSMART Projects Announced by Reclamation: Small-Scale Efficiency ProjectsWastewater Discharge to Municipality in Montana: Clean Water Act Criminal ChargesLand Subsidence in Arizona: “Story Map” ToolSubsidence Study: USGS Groundwater Storage & Land Subsidence Study in ArizonaBiodiesel Pipeline Spill in Washington: Columbia River Impacts & Extensive PenaltiesAdvanced Water Purification Facility (Direct to Distribution) Designed in El Paso, TexasPlatte…
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“Water Markets in the Ogallala Aquifer” Released by WestWater ResearchInstream Flows in Nebraska: Fishery Flows Approved for Seasonally Adjusted FlowsHypoxia Task Force Releases Gulf of Mexico Impacts – 2017 Report to Congress“Of Dreamliners and Drinking Water: Developing Risk Regulation and a Safety Culture for Direct Potable Reuse”Water Exchange in Oregon: Nestlé Application for Bottled Spring…
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“Takings” Claims Denied in the Klamath Basin: Contract Limitations & Senior Tribal Rights PrevailScarcity Pact with Mexico: Colorado River Sharing Agreement – Minute 323 ApprovedFloodplain Management and Flood Resilience: Current Policy and Considerations for Congress – Congressional Research Service ReportWater Reuse in Colorado: Denver Area “Wise” ProgramClimate / Coal Decision in Wyoming: BLM Leasing Disapproved…
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Des Moines Water Quality Case Against Irrigators DismissedWaters of the US: EPA Proposes to Rescind or ReviseUSGS Brackish Groundwater Inventory ReleasedInstream Flows Decision in Washington: Explicit Exceptions in Rules Can Result in Decreased MinimumsReclaimed Water in Brewing: Full Circle Pale AleReclamation Broad Authority Holding: Storage Releases for Fishery UpheldMaryland Bans FrackingP3s in Water Sector Report:…
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