News items from Eutrophication News

A new campaign is promoting a relatively painless solution for helping the Chesapeake Bay: planting more flowers and shrubs and trees.

The Canning River could get a bit smelly if an algae bloom continues to worsen between Riverton and Cannington.



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Every year, more than 90 companies across Florida pump the waste from about 100,000 septic tanks. Where does it all end up?

Anybody who thinks cutting back on the pollution of Barnegat Bay is a lot of extra work needs to think again.

GUWAHATI, May 5 – A multi-disciplinary study on the status of Deepor Beel and the threats it face could provide a key to conserving this important wetland. This was a point of agreement of two well-known scientists who visited the site recently.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has announced plans to form a task force to study pollution from septic tanks and find a way to reduce their pollution.

RICHMOND, Va. — A report by a panel of scientists and environmentalists raises new questions about the ambitious plan to restore the Chesapeake Bay, including the effectiveness of tracking pollution-reduction goals and how climate change could alter in the bay's recovery effort.

Rotorua residents are being warned to keep an eye on the water quality of the region's lakes.

Another battle over Barnegat Bay is taking shape, one that has Ocean County officials and Gov. Chris Christie on opposite sides. In between is a dispute about development, land use and the validity of decades of research that says nitrogen compounds are to blame for the present state of the bay.

Accra, Ghana April 29, GNA - The management of Rural Urban Partnership for Africa (RUPFA), a Non-Governmental Organization, has called on all and Sundry to help to protect water bodies in the country since it was a collective responsibility.

(Reuters) - Two cattle groups filed suit in Florida on Thursday to overturn U.S. water pollution rules that also are challenged by Florida state officials and businesses as ruinously expensive.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 28 (UPI) -- The spring rains drenching the U.S. Midwest may lead to an eventual environmental problem of oxygen "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers say.



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The spring floods that have torn up roadways and damaged lakefront property are having an environmental impact as well. The high water has washed phosphorus and other pollutants downstream into Lake Champlain.

Healthy lawns and gardens improve infiltration, reduce runoff and filter the water. But now, a company that for years has promoted healthy lawns by selling products containing phosphorus has changed its tune.

To many in the University of Rhode Island community, storm drains, pesticides and leaves may have little to no associations with each other. For those at last night's URI Watershed Watch introductory lecture, however, the three are among the factors destroying Rhode Island waters.

An order from a Miami federal judge sends a potentially important signal to Gov. Scott and state agencies fighting federal oversight of water quality laws in the Everglades and statewide.

A letter written by the David Suzuki Foundation and four Nova Scotia citizen groups concerned with water conservation and protection has been sent to Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter and Nova Scotia Mink Breeders Association President Earl Prime. The letter states that unregulated mink farming in southwestern Nova Scotia is polluting local lakes, putting human health at risk and threatening wildlife.

ST. PETERSBURG - Are you counting on the rain to water-in your lawn fertilizer? You may want to reconsider. Save time and money by avoiding the practice of applying fertilizer before a heavy rain.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott authorized state officials Friday to ask the federal Environmental Protection Agency to back off on water pollution rules that Florida business and agriculture interests as well as many local government officials say will be too costly to implement.



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/22/2180642/scott-asking-epa-to-back-off-on.html#ixzz1LDsEQV9W