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
Comments: 1
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 [...]
Published: November 24, 2009
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Lawton, phosphorous, Thom, wastewater
By Sean Ryan
Public wastewater utilities argue they cannot afford projects to satisfy new phosphorous rules for water quality that environmental groups are demanding.
Seven environmental groups on Monday told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the agency to force the EPA and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to approve new phosphorous rules.
The [...]
Published: July 28, 2009
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, development, phosphorous, pollution, St. Croix River, storm-water runoff
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Ten years of regulating storm-water runoff from new construction projects has not kept phosphorous from leaking into the St. Croix River.
The phosphorous, which commonly comes from fertilizer, is a problem because a pound of it can feed up to 300 pounds of algae, said Dan Baumann, waters program manager in the Wisconsin Department of [...]
