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WaterNews for March 3, 2006Benjamin 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:
EPA Publishes Final Water Quality Criteria for DiazinonThe Agency also made available on February 23rd the final recommended aquatic life ambient water quality criteria for diazinon. This pesticide is traditionally used throughout the US to control insects in agricultural areas, households, and urban settings. While it became unlawful to sell diazinon for residential uses in the US after December 2004, it is still lawful to use diazinon properly for non-residential or agricultural uses. Mobile and moderately persistent in the environment, diazinon is frequently found in wastewater treatment plant effluent and storm water runoff in urban and agricultural areas. For more information, visit EPA’s web site at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/diazinon/. "This is an important addition to the Clean Water Act toolbox," said Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water. "EPA’s scientifically-based criteria for pesticides, such as diazinon, and for organic chemicals, such as nonylphenol, help states and tribes set standards to protect watersheds, fish, and wildlife." EPA Publishes Final Water Quality Criteria for NonylphenolOn February 23rd, the Agency made available the final recommended aquatic life ambient water quality criteria for nonylphenol. Produced in large quantities in the U.S., this organic chemical is toxic to aquatic life. It is often found in wastewater treatment plant effluent as a breakdown product from surfactants and detergents. The final criteria are guidance for states and tribes (they have no binding legal effect), but they may form the basis for state water quality standards and become enforceable through NPDES permits or other environmental programs. For more information about the final criteria document, visit EPA’s web site at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nonylphenol/. Water Efficiency FactoidDid you know that each average household that fully adopts water efficient products and practices saves 30,000 gallons per year – enough to supply a year of drinking water for 150 neighbors? 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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