Learn the Issues
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Water Reuse Project in Virginia Providing Multiple Benefits
More than 500 million gallons a year of treated wastewater that would otherwise be discharged into a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay are instead being put to beneficial reuse to cool a waste-to-energy plant and irrigate a golf course and ball fields.
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Cuts in Farm Pollution Help Restore Virginia Creek
Two segments of Cub Creek in Virginia have been removed from the state’s impaired waters list as a result of actions to reduce agriculture pollution.
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Actions Eliminate Long-Time, Major Acid Mine Discharge
An innovative cleanup project has eliminated a decades-long, 3,000-gallon-a-minute acid mine discharge to the Little Conemaugh River in Pennsylvania’s Cambria County.
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Enforcement Action Protects Shoreline
Two sections of “living shoreline” along the Lafayette River in Norfolk, Virginia, constructed under an EPA consent agreement with the city, are part of a broader effort to stabilize the banks of a community vulnerable to sea level rise.
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Water Quality Standards: Regulations and Resources
Water Quality Standards are an important tool for restoring and maintaining healthy water quality for lakes, rivers and streams, estuaries, and other waters nationally and where you live.
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Clean Energy Finance Tools and Resources
Local governments are using many different financing strategies to support energy efficiency, renewable energy and other clean energy investments in their community.
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Local Renewable Energy: Wind
Local Renewable Energy: Wind
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Biosolids
Explore key documents and learn about the scientific basis for biosolids management, including application to soils.
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Underground Injection Control in EPA Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT)
Region specific UIC contact information is provided.
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Pesticides
This website provides easy access to all the pesticide-related information that is contained in various pesticide topical sites. It also includes news and meeting information, an A-Z index, and more.
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State School Environmental Health Statutes at a Glance
This page provides a list of school environmental health statutes as of July 2013.
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Healthy School Environments
Key topics about establishing and enhancing healthy school environments.
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Protecting Children's Environmental Health
To make the protection of children's health a fundamental goal of public health and environmental protection in the United States.
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Tools and Resources to Help Local Governments Measure Impacts – Supporting Resources
Tools and Resources to Help Local Governments Measure Impacts – Supporting Resources
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Green Banks
Overview of green banks included in the Clean Energy Financing Toolkit for Decisionmakers
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Revolving Loan Funds
Overview of revolving loan funds included in the Clean Energy Financing Toolkit for Decisionmakers
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SepticSmart Week
During SepticSmart Week, EPA informs homeowners on proper septic system care and maintenance, assist local agencies in promoting homeowner education and awareness, and educate local decision makers.
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Local Renewable Energy: Solar
Local Renewable Energy: Solar
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Community Shared Solar
Overview of community shared solar included in the Clean Energy Financing Toolkit for Decisionmakers