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Pollution standards could pinch businesses

Published: May 14, 2010
Tags: Baumann, business, Eau Claire, farm, phosphorus, Pippenger, pollution, runoff, Scott Manley, utility, water, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Wisconsin Natural Resources Board, Zimmerman

By Sean Ryan
Utilities and businesses are claiming the state is digging too deeply into their wallets to prevent polluted water from entering lakes and streams.
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board next month will consider two rules: one targeting phosphorus from industrial and wastewater plants, and another requiring municipalities and farms reduce runoff.
But wastewater utilities and businesses [...]

Battle brewing over phosphorous rules (UPDATE)

Published: November 27, 2009
Tags: Baumann, Bureau of Watershed Management, DNR, EPA, Lawton, Lyon, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Municipal Environmental Group, phosphorous, Rice Lake Utilities, Thom, U.S. Environmental Protection, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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By Sean Ryan
Environmental groups can expect a fight if they follow through with their threat to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to encourage new rules regulating phosphorous levels in water.
Seven environmental organizations are trying to get the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources or EPA to mandate limits on the amount of phosphorous and nitrogen [...]

Pollution standards could pinch businesses

Battle brewing over phosphorous rules (UPDATE)

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