Category: News

13 Sep, 2020

Covid 19 and water quality

COVID-19: Improved water quality expected In Wake of Global Shutdowns, Researchers Expect Water Quality to Improve

1 Dec, 2019

ORNL’s Jager named AAAS Fellow

November 26, 2019Henriette Jager, senior research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...

News / Publications

25 Jul, 2016

A sediment-specific family-level biomonitoring tool to identify the impacts of fine sediment in temperate rivers and streams

The technique uses macroinvertebrates, and will be of interest to those familiar with, or using, the ICI in biomonitoring. Many state water quality agencies collect macroinvertebrate data as part of their monitoring, and use...

Student Focus

2 Jul, 2014

Poster award

Congratulations to Brandy Bossle, winner of the WQS poster award granted this year at the National Meeting in Little Rock. Her poster was entitled: Mercury Bioaccumulation in Bluegill and Largemouth Bass From a Hunting and Fishing...

New York Times Water News

Florida Plans to Close Wastewater Reservoir Where Leak Forced Evacuations
A potential deluge of millions of gallons of water from a former phosphate mine had threatened homes south of Tampa.
Japan’s Plan for Fukushima Wastewater Meets a Wall of Mistrust in Asia
The government in Tokyo says criticism of its intention to release treated water into the ocean is unscientific. South Korea has called the proposal “utterly intolerable.”
Taiwan's Drought Pits Chip Makers Against Farmers
The island is going to great lengths to keep water flowing to its all-important semiconductor industry, including shutting off irrigation to legions of rice growers.

EPA Water News

U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in New Jersey
NEW YORK — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are honoring eight ENERGY STAR partners across New Jersey for their outstanding leadership in reducing American energy bills and tackling climate change.
U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in New York
NEW YORK — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are honoring 19 ENERGY STAR partners across New York for their outstanding leadership in reducing American energy bills and tackling climate change.
EPA honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award winners in Colorado and South Dakota
DENVER — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are honoring three ENERGY STAR partners in EPA Region 8 for their outstanding leadership in reducing American energy bills and tackling climate change.

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