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Category 3 Hurricane Rafael threatens west Cuba, heavy rain and storm surge to impact Florida Keys
HAPPENING NOW
 Wednesday, November 6 2024
Safe Drinking Water Act EPA Serious Violators List
Ohio Drinking Water Facilities Compliance falls to 66.7%, total population served by serious violators is down 50% over 6 months
Why we need a continental approach to source water protection
Interview with Dr. Peter Leavitt, FRSC, Professor University of Regina, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change and Society The technology is available to preserve and maintain water quality in our lakes and rivers. When will social and political will align to protect continental water resources?
PRESSURE ON CANADA TO EXPORT WATER WILL BE IMMENSE- by Michael Harris, The Tyee
Sharp global policy experts are already crafting the legal case for doing so.
Republished with permission
EPA National Pollution Prevention Training and Conference
December 10 -11, 2024, Washington, D.C.
 Register by Nov 1, free to attend in person or remote. Sessions include presentations by P2 experts, participants learn about grants available, reducing pollution and finding alternatives, including some chemicals EPA has regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2009; Case ID# CR_1954 (California)
Dredge material dumped illegally off Winter Island in violation of Clean Water Act results in $1.5 million penalty
Hazardous Spill File
 Diesel and hydraulic oil released from a vehicle onto the road in Auglaize Watershed
 Tropical Storm Rafael bearing down on Jamaica, intensifying rapidly
AFTER THE CLOSE
 Tuesday, November 5 2024

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Complete data on Ohio watersheds, rivers, streams, reservoirs, regulators and community water systems. ➤

STREAMFLOW
The USGS Network of Streamflow Monitors: A 24/7 Flood Warning System
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RECENT ARTICLES

Why we need a continental approach to source water protection
Interview with Dr. Peter Leavitt, FRSC, Professor University of Regina, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change and Society The technology is available to preserve and maintain water quality in our lakes and rivers. When will social and political will align to protect continental water resources?

PRESSURE ON CANADA TO EXPORT WATER WILL BE IMMENSE- by Michael Harris, The Tyee
Sharp global policy experts are already crafting the legal case for doing so.
Republished with permission

Maintaining drinking water quality through flood and fire
 Rockdale County, Georgia During post-hurricane flooding, Biolab chemical fire broke out, spewing a toxic plume

"THE US IS FACING SIGNIFICANT STRAINS ON ITS WATER SUPPLY", JPMorgan Chase & Co Report - October 2024  
 Already overstretched, US water resources, are being further stressed by the boom in AI artificial intelligence.

PROMISE MADE; PROMISE KEPT
Canada launches long-awaited national independent agency to manage freshwater - by Julia-Simone Rutgers, The Narwhal
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RECENT REPORTS

Category 3 Hurricane Rafael threatens west Cuba, heavy rain and storm surge to impact Florida Keys
HAPPENING NOW
 Wednesday, November 6 2024

Tropical Storm Rafael bearing down on Jamaica, intensifying rapidly
AFTER THE CLOSE
 Tuesday, November 5 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 eyes Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba
AFTER THE CLOSE
Monday, November 4 2024

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SDWA Profiles

Safe Drinking Water Act EPA Serious Violators List
Ohio Drinking Water Facilities Compliance falls to 66.7%, total population served by serious violators is down 50% over 6 months

City of St Clairsville BWA
 Safe Drinking Water Act Profiles
EPA Enforcement Priority in Wheeling Creek watershed

Safe Drinking Water Act EPA Serious Violators List
Ohio Drinking Water Facilities Compliance: 67.7%

SDWA Profiles
 Nelsonville BWA
EPA Enforcement Priority in Hocking River watershed

Safe Drinking Water Act
 Zanesville BWA
Water line break prompts BWA in Muskingum County

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HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS

Ohio HAB Tracker
from NCCOS satellite monitoring and Ohio BeachGuard
 Portage River jammed with bluegreen

Ohio HAB Tracker
from NCCOS satellite monitoring and Ohio BeachGuard
 Maumee Bay State Park algal toxin advisory ends, New Richmond Boat Ramp bacteria advisory rescinded

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SPILLS

Hazardous Spill File
 Diesel and hydraulic oil released from a vehicle onto the road in Auglaize Watershed

Hazardous Spill File
 Green material released into unnamed creek in Upper Great Miami Watershed

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FLOWS

Streamflow Situation
 From the network of USGS streamflow monitors in Ohio
 Beryl brings much above normal streamflows to the northwest

Streamflow Situation
 From the network of USGS streamflow monitors in Ohio
 Back to normal streamflows in central Ohio

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Crime Box

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2009; Case ID# CR_1954 (California)
Dredge material dumped illegally off Winter Island in violation of Clean Water Act results in $1.5 million penalty

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2009; Case ID# CR_1928 (California)
Oxnard, CA metal finisher sentenced for discharging toxic wastewater to the municipal treatment plant

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2010; Case ID# CR_1919 (California)
Ship Pilot sent to prison, ships owner fined 10 million for collision with San Francisco Bay Bridge tower, more than 2000 migratory birds wiped out including endangered pelicans and murrelets

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2008; Case ID# CR_1824 (California)
Dead ducks found in an oil slick tracked to a vessel in San Diego Bay

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2008; Case ID# CR_1823 (California)
Electroplator pleads guilty to discharging cyanide to Los Angeles public sanitary sewer, sent to prison

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