Last spring, the Montana Legislature abolished numeric standards for phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and replaced them with a “narrative standard,” which generally...
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Rules and Regs: EPA Rejects Montana Water Standard
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared Montana’s new water quality standard invalid under the Clean Water Act. The agency’s Region 8 office...
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Rules & Regs: May 2022
Auburn, Maine, city officials are considering a new onsite design standard to allow development while keeping nutrients out of Lake Auburn, which...
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Rules and Regs: Group Sues to Stop Montana Water Standard
Last spring, the Montana Legislature abolished numeric standards for phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and replaced them with a “narrative standard.” The law...
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Rules & Regs - April 2022
Three counties on Ohio’s eastern border are beginning to implement a state requirement that all onsite systems be pumped and inspected and...
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Rules and Regs: Montana County Looks Into Regional Septage Facility
So many people have relocated to Montana that Flathead County is looking into a new facility to take care of its waste.
Most...
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Rules & Regs: Ohio Inspection Program Reaches More Counties
Three counties on Ohio’s eastern border are beginning to implement a state requirement that all onsite systems be pumped and inspected and...
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Rules & Regs: July 2021
A group of organizations in Alabama will receive $4.85 million from the U.S. Agriculture Department to develop rural wastewater solutions for the...
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Rules and Regs: Communities Add Pressure to Protect Lake George
People living around Lake George in upstate New York have expressed concerns for several years about algae and pollution in the lake....
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Rules & Regs: Montana Changing Standards for Phosphorus, Nitrogen
In 2015, Montana adopted numeric standards for the amount of phosphorus and nitrogen pollution in its waters. Now it’s reversing that policy.
Under...
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Rules and Regs: Alabama Water Management Group Focuses on Rural Wastewater Solutions
A group of organizations in Alabama will receive $4.85 million from the U.S. Agriculture Department to develop rural wastewater solutions for the...
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Trash-Screening Units Reduce Spreading Costs for Montana Pumper
Sweet Pea Sewer and Septic land-applies its septage at several locations around Missoula and Hamilton, Montana. The reason is simple: Land-applying waste...
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Business Partners Share Their Recipe for Growing Sweet Pea Sewer and Septic
Bolstered by a series of acquisitions and a strong economic tailwind in Missoula, Montana, business partners Adam Bartels and Russ Hood have...
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Rules & Regulations - October 2020
New York representative has introduced a bill in Congress to remove the federal tax on grants that help people repair or upgrade...










