News items from Eutrophication News

Tampa, Fla - For years, the people of Florida have watched as many waterways once used for fishing, swimming and other everyday activities developed a coating of green sludge. The majority of Florida's impaired waters are affected by nitrogen and phosphorous pollution — carried by storm water runoff from urbanized areas, discharges from wastewater treatment plants and fertilizer runoff from farms.

Vancouver- As the water advisory issued to residents on the Highland Water District system enters its third week, staff at the Capital Regional District still can’t predict when microcystin levels will return to normal.

SEBASTIAN — State testing didn’t confirm that marine algae contributed to a large fish die-off on the west side of the Sebastian Inlet on Friday, according to Carli Segelson, a spokeswoman for the state’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg.

SEBASTIAN INLET --
Visitors coming to Sebastian Inlet State Park are being greeted with a pungent fish smell.

A GROUP of concerned Abbey Beach property owners gathered on the beach on Friday evening to discuss funding options to bring deep sewerage to the area.

Fertilizer runoff from farms can feed blooms of toxic cyanobacteria, which are deadly to pets and livestock. As if that weren't enough to worry about, new research suggests for the first time that the blooms also could disrupt reproduction in aquatic wildlife through estrogenic effects

Srinagar, Feb 8: Unabated pollution and increased human intervention in the Valley lakes has brought a popular aquatic herb and cash plant named Juwar on the verge of extinction, a study reveals.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A new survey finds nearly three-quarters of Marylanders think government regulation is needed to restore the Chesapeake.

MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government said it will examine the findings of a scientific study warning that pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs, pesticides and other contaminants are present in coastal aquifers in the Yucatan peninsula.

ALBANY – The state Attorney General’s office has dedicated $200,000 in recovered funds to assist Champlain Valley farmers in combating water pollution in Lake Champlain.

NEW DELHI: Haryana has blamed Delhi for polluting Yamuna water forcing the state to treat the contaminated water to meet the drinking water demands of cities, including Gurgaon, and Mewat districts.

Read more: Haryana blames Delhi for polluting Yamuna water - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Haryana-blames-Delhi-for-polluting-Yamuna-water/articleshow/7447815.cms#ixzz1DyD6vmeq

It's no laughing matter what's happened to our great St. Lucie estuary

Islamabad (Anantnag), Feb 6: Notwithstanding the Water Resources Regulation Act providing executive powers to the authorities to act against the offenders, pollution and massive encroachments in Jhelum-in South Kashmir areas is going on unabated.

Contrary to popular belief, or perhaps wishful thinking, a legislative bill in Tallahassee would negate the most important parts of fertilizer rules in Sarasota and Charlotte counties.

Wellington, Feb 2 NZPA - Embarrassing pollution at Waitangi Day should act as a wake-up call for the Government to introduce clean water rules, the Green Party says.

In its recently released “2011 Estuaries Report Card,” the Conservancy of Southwest Florida identifies some of the state’s most impaired waterbodies — waterbodies that would likely be aided by a set of numeric nutrient standards currently being disputed in the state.

From artichoke fields on the banks of the Salinas River to the bluffs overlooking the fertile Salinas Valley, area farming and agri-business interests argued Wednesday they should decide how to control polluted runoff from fields.

Maryland farmers planted a record amount of pollution-absorbing cover crops last fall, state officials announced this week, sowing nearly 400,000 acres with rye, barley, wheat and other grains.

A drinking water advisory issued for the Highland drinking water system could be in place for several more weeks, according to a water quality expert from the Capital Regional District.

Here in the heart of southeast Minnesota farm country, everyone knows you don't drink the water. "It's just not safe," Linda Liebfried said one recent afternoon as she watched over a couple of toddlers, including her own 2-year-old daughter, at a day care center. "Every doctor will say not to drink it."