2022年2月3日|BLOG,DRINKING SOURCE
PFAS, or Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a large, diverse class of man-made chemicals. There are over 5,000 PFAS compounds, often referred to as ‘forever’ chemicals because they do not naturally break down. Used in a variety of industrial and consumer...
Jan 7, 2019|DRINKING SOURCE,NEWS
BREAKING: DOJ asks Supreme Court to decide whether polluting groundwater is legal under the Clean Water Act The USEPA’s longstanding view that all pollutant discharges into groundwater were regulated under the CWA was suddenly reversed last year, as the agency took...
Dec 18, 2018|DRINKING SOURCE,Uncategorized
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM CONTACT Wendy Paterson 716.852.7483, ext. 26 wpaterson@www.bennettwebcompany.com What is a harmful algal bloom? A Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) contains organisms that can produce toxins. Most algae are harmless and are components of an aquatic ecosystem. HABs...
Dec 14, 2018|DRINKING SOURCE,NEWS
(Click here for the full PDF statement) Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper Statement on Proposed Clean Water Rule Roll-Back Waterways in the United States, especially in the Great Lakes and Western New York, have struggled to recover from over a century’s worth of...
Aug 16, 2018|DRINKING SOURCE,NEWS,POSITION STATEMENT,Uncategorized
Re: Definition of Waters of United States- Recodification of Pre-Existing Rules (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0203; FRL-9980-52-OW) To Whom It May Concern, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper (“BNW”) submits the following comments on the United States Environmental Protection...
May 22, 2018|DRINKING SOURCE,NEWS,POSITION STATEMENT
5/21/2018 Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Office of Wastewater Management 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20460 Re: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0063 “Clean Water Act Coverage of ‘Discharges of Pollutants’ via Direct Hydrologic...
