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  • EPA releases chlorine calibration video

    EPA releases chlorine calibration video I am sharing this announcement with the state primacy agencies, industry groups and water utilities I can reach via email.  You can share further with others who may have an interest. EPA Region 3 recently completed a 25 minute training video that demonstrates the calibration verification procedures for measuring chlorine…

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  • Senate Republicans Pass Fundamental Change In Definition Of Water Pollution Effectively Making Spills And Discharges To Streams No Longer Pollution

      Senate Republicans Pass Fundamental Change In Definition Of Water Pollution Effectively Making Spills And Discharges To Streams No Longer Pollution Source:  PA Environmental Digest Blog, 6/27/2019 On June 26, Senate Republicans passed Senate Bill 619 ( Yaw-R-Lycoming) making fundamental changes to the definition of water pollution under the state Clean Streams Law effectively making…

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  • Senate Republicans Pass Pretend Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Guaranteeing Taxpayers Fund Higher Cost Practices

      Senate Republicans Pass Pretend Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Guaranteeing Taxpayers Fund Higher Cost Practices Source:  PA Environmental Digest Blog, 6/27/2019 On June 26, Senate Republicans passed Senate Bill 575 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing a taxpayer funded procurement program for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment reductions needed to comply with the Chesapeake Bay…

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