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WaterNews for September 14, 2005Benjamin Grumbles WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. In This Week’s WaterNews:
Up-to-Date Information on Hurricane KatrinaEPA emergency response personnel are working in partnership with FEMA and others to help assess the damage and prepare for cleanup from Katrina. In emergency situations such as this, EPA serves as the lead Agency for the cleanup of hazardous materials, including oil and gasoline. Our national and regional Emergency Operations Centers are activated 24 hours a day. EPA’s mission is also to work with the States and others to assess the condition of drinking water and wastewater treatment plants. For more up-to-date information on Hurricane Katrina activities, go to http://www.epa.gov. EPA Celebrates National Estuaries DaySeptember 24 is National Estuaries Day. This is an annual celebration to help educate people across the county about the importance of protecting the estuaries. To kick-off this event hosted by EPA’s National Estuary Programs (NEP) and NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) an interactive field trip "Estuarylive" to seven estuaries using the internet is scheduled on Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 23. Included on Thursday are New York New Jersey Harbor NEP, NJ; Jacques Cousteau NERR and Barnegat Bay NEP, NJ; as well as San Francisco Bay NERR, CA. On Friday, September 23 the program will include Grand Bay NERR and Mobile Bay NEP, Alabama; as well as Tillamook Bay NEP and South Slough NERR, Oregon. Classrooms across the country will tour these estuaries by asking questions of trained naturalists and educators leading the expeditions. For more information on each field trip and associated activities, and to find out how to participate, visit http://www.estuaries.gov EPA Representatives Attend the Environmental Council of States MeetingBrent Fewell, the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water, joined other EPA and State officials at the Environmental Council of States meeting in Kennebunkport, Maine last week. Brent participated in the Water Committee discussions which covered issues on improving EPA and state coordination and cooperation in demonstrating environmental outcomes. New Section 319 Nonpoint Source Success Stories Web Site PostedA new EPA Section 319 Nonpoint Source Success Stories Web site was recently launched. The Web site features projects receiving grant funds from the Clean Water Act section 319 Nonpoint Source Program that have achieved documented water quality improvements, including the achievement of water quality standards and removal from state section 303(d) lists of impaired waters. The Web site initially includes 18 stories, and an additional 10 new stories will be posted on the Web site in the next several weeks. Please visit this new Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/nps/success/. For more information, contact Stacie Craddock at 202-566-1204 or by e-mail at craddock.stacie@epa.gov. Subscribe to WaterNewsPlease forward this message to your friends and colleagues who share an interest in water-related issues and would like to hear from EPA's Office of Water. To subscribe to the WaterNews listserve: Send an email message, leave the subject line blank, and address it to: In the body of the message write: Subscribe WaterNews firstname lastname (Please leave one blank space between each word, do not include any other message, and use your actual name- i.e. Subscribe WaterNews Robert Jones) A welcome message will appear in your email box once you are officially subscribed.
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