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TOOLBOX: EPA Site Posts State-by-State Impaired Waters Data [1]

With a click or two, you can get to all the data about your state's waters which are too impaired for their designated uses.
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Many Eyes: Take a Fresh Look at Drinking Water Reports [6]

Reports are coming out, as required by law, telling consumers what contaminants are in their local utility's drinking water. What's in yours?

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Corps Withholds Dam Inventory Data [7]

The Army Corps of Engineers has stopped giving the public access to a database that shows how well federal agencies are doing at dam safety.

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EPA Proposes Water Efficiency Standard [10]

EPA is developing a voluntary water efficiency standard for new single-family homes and townhomes.

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EPA Beach Contamination Data Online [11]

EPA announced May 29, 2008, that its assembled data on beach closings in 2007 is available online. You can look up beaches in the Great Lakes, along the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts, and for five US territories.

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EPA Head Johnson Won't Disclose White House Contacts [12]
Iron Curtain / Green Corridor [13]
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