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WaterNews for June 30, 2000WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. Inside this week's WaterNews:
(1) More Than a Third of the Nation’s Waters Remain Polluted In a l998 assessment of the nation=s waterways, EPA said Wednesday that the new data show that 40 percent of the nation=s assessed waterways remain too polluted for fishing and swimming. The 40 percent figure is generally consistent with findings of the last decade. Runoff from agricultural lands and urban areas remains the primary source of the leading pollutants: siltation, bacteria, the nutrients phosphorus and nitrogen, and metals. For more information on the National Water Quality Inventory 1998 Report to Congress, visit http://www.epa.gov/water/national/ on the Internet. (2) Chesapeake Bay 2000 Agreement Signed A new agreement that will guide the next decade of restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed was signed Wednesday by the Chesapeake Executive Council. The agreement contains commitments that will improve water quality and protect living resources in the Bay and its tributaries. It will also remove the Bay from the federal list of polluted waters by 2010. Chesapeake Bay 2000: A Watershed Partnership is the most comprehensive and far-reaching agreement in the Bay Program’s history. The new agreement will mean that increased nutrient reduction goals will be set and, for the first time, sediment reduction goals will be set Bay-wide. For more information, visit http://www.chesapeakebay.net/ (3) Most Americans Receive Annual Drinking Water Reports; Second Reports Due July 1 Under a new drinking water public-right-to-know requirement, most Americans are expected to receive an annual report, called "Consumer Confidence Report," on the quality of their local drinking water by July 1, 2000. Approximately 253 million Americans received their first annual drinking water report by Oct. 19, 1999, the first federal deadline for the annual reports. These “Consumer Confidence Reports” are now providing consumers with their first-ever snapshot of their local drinking water quality, including the source of their drinking water, contaminants detected and actions taken when necessary. For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ccr1.html on the Internet.
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