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23 May 2012, 1:01 pm
All of the “lines of evidence” that EPA cited to support its findings -- including the conclusion that fluids used in the fracking process have affected the area’s groundwater -- can be explained with alternative hypotheses, according to the Papadopulos report. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 8:00 am
As reported here and here, MassDEP's Final Interim Vapor Intrusion Policy (pdf) is causing consternation among property owners who had thought that their state-managed cleanup sites had been given a clean bill of health, only to have those sites re-opened when MassDEP dramatically reduced the acceptable levels of certain chemicals found in groundwater below the sites. [read post]
28 Oct 2022, 12:20 pm
In line with guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Commission set out laws to protect surface and groundwater against new water pollutants and to establish better and more cost effective treatment of urban wastewater. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 6:39 am
World Water Day was inaugurated in 1993, since when it has been a focus globally for action on water issues, including promoting fair and equitable access to transboundary watercourse and groundwater resources of freshwater. [read post]
2 Jan 2016, 5:32 pm
“It’s like the BP spill on land,” said environmental activist Erin Brockovich, who was made famous by successfully battling Pacific Gas and Electric Co. over groundwater contamination in the community of Hinkley in the Inland Empire in 1996. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 9:38 am
” The question, then, is whether a permit is required when the water is taken to “navigable waters” but first travels through a non-point source, such as groundwater. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 12:48 pm
If allowed, this Quarry will have adverse impacts on the Coosa River (including the structural integrity of the Logan Martin Dam), the Spring Creek Tributary of the Coosa River, the groundwater on which the citizens of Vincent and Shelby county rely, as well as the established property rights of the neighboring landowners. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 9:00 am
Notably, for developers planning to build, MassDEP has created three potential scenarios, each one calling for a different approach depending on the concentrations of VOC contamination found in the soil and groundwater near the building site. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 11:35 am
Moreover, Nestle Waters utilizes a network of environmental monitoring instruments at the site to ensure the area's abundant and renewable groundwater resources are carefully monitored for long-term sustainability. [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 1:03 pm
“You would think that, rather than try to conditionalize a permit to include all that’s required, you would just say, ‘We’re not going to issue this permit until all of these big things are addressed, like groundwater modeling,'” he said. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 5:00 am
They are committed to protecting the health and welfare of those persons who have been exposed to toxic substances found at their homes or places of work in groundwater or their local environment. [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 7:18 am
Sampling by DOD, NASA, and DOE detected perchlorate in drinking water, groundwater, surface water, soil, and sediment at some facilities. [read post]
12 Aug 2008, 2:08 pm
The database “carries the full text of treaties and agreements, bi-lateral and multi-lateral, concluded by sovereign countries in regard to the development and management of rivers and lakes, and/or of groundwater resources, which form an international boundary line or which are bisected by such boundary line. [read post]
26 Sep 2008, 2:22 pm
Examples include birth defects from the drug DES, extinction of animal and plant species because of habitat destruction, the contamination of groundwater from improper hazardous waste disposal, and perhaps most importantly, changes in global climate resulting from human emissions of greenhouse gases. [read post]
5 Oct 2008, 5:03 pm
It's important to stay current on all of the legislation and rules surrounding production and sale of alcoholic beverages.Environmental law: issues from endangered species, waste water management, surface water and groundwater quality, and storm water discharges.Employment law: issues range from labor management issues, employment agreements, pensions, contracts, wrongful discharge, civil rights, federal and state occupational safety laws, wage and hour laws,… [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 9:05 am
The new guidance sets forth the procedure for selecting the appropriate soil cleanup levels under each remedial program, as well as for determining whether the standards for protection of ecological resources or protection of groundwater should apply. [read post]
17 Oct 2012, 1:42 pm
Filed under: Missouri, Missouri law, ozark, Ozarks, water law (streams, lakes and groundwater) Tagged: Ambiguity, Elk River, McDonald County, McLallen, Missouri Court of Appeals [read post]
27 Sep 2006, 10:53 pm
It's the infected manure from these grain-fed cattle that contaminates the groundwater and spreads the bacteria to produce, like spinach, growing on neighboring farms. [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 5:00 am
Initial reports stated that the flooding was caused by a sudden rainstorm, but Conroe Fire Chief Ken Kreger says this is speculation and that the flood was more likely caused by groundwater, a broken water main or a burst sewer pipe. [read post]
27 May 2010, 8:50 am
The tunnels alternative[s] will present unique issues concerning groundwater, contaminated soils and active fault lines. [read post]
