State
Manatees make an appearance at Pascagoula River Audubon Center
Mississippi Press
MOSS POINT, Miss. – Summer campers were greeted with a pleasant surprise on
Monday afternoon at the Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss Point. As
the middle schoolers were receiving a lesson on water quality, the children
spotted three manatees journeying in the Rhodes Bayou, slightly off of the
Audubon Center's pier.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2016/06/manatees_make_an_appearance_at.html#incart_river_index
CAMP INSPIRES AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRLS TO STUDY ENGINEERING
MPB
A summer camp in Mississippi is working to inspire the next generation of
African American female engineers. MPB's Desare Frazier reports.
http://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/2016/06/21/camp-inspires-african-american-girls-to-study-engineering/
State epidemiologist stepping down
Mississippi Today
One of Mississippi's top public health officials is leaving his post,
Mississippi Today has learned.
http://mississippitoday.org/2016/06/21/state-epidemiologist-stepping-down/
Mississippi's budget gap could widen because $72 million protected in trust
funds
AP
JACKSON, Mississippi — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says
legislative efforts to use one-time cash to plug a budget hole will be at
least $128 million short of the amount lawmakers originally thought they
would get.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2016/06/mississippis_budget_gap_could.html#incart_river_index
Regional
Gentilly to serve as test site for $141 million flood plan experiment,
magazine reports
Times-Picayune
New Orleans is changing the way it interacts with water, starting with a
$141 million federal grant that will change the way storm runoff flows
through the city's lowlands. And Gentilly will serve as ground zero, the
Atlantic reports.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/06/gentilly_to_serve_as_test_site.html#incart_river_index
Why Texas' Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' is different
Houston Chronicle
Headlines this month bring grim news of a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf
of Mexico. Is this something Houston should be worried about?
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/explainer/article/dead-zone-hypoxia-gulf-of-mexico-hosuton-8316093.php
Radioactive isotope found in groundwater at Browns Ferry, TVA says no cause
for alarm
Al.com
The Tennessee Valley Authority reported Monday it had detected elevated
levels of the radioactive isotope tritium at one of the 22 groundwater
monitoring wells at the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant near Athens, Ala.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/06/radioactive_isotope_found_in_g.html
National
Obama-appointed judge strikes down federal fracking rule
The Hill
A federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama struck down the
administration's regulationon hydraulic fracturing on federal lands on
Tuesday, ruling that the Interior Department does not have congressional
authority to regulate fracking.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/284388-judge-strikes-down-federal-fracking-rule
EPA Expects Long Lead Time for Lead, Copper Rule
Bloomberg
While revising the lead-and-copper rule remains an urgent priority for the
Environmental Protection Agency, a senior agency official June 20 assured
municipal water system operators they would have significant lead time to
implement the rule.
http://www.bna.com/epa-expects-long-n57982074488/
Water-Wasting Leaks Plague Many Cities
Brittle, aging systems lose trillions of gallons a year and result in
damaging breaks
WSJ
Cash-strapped cities are contending with aging, leak-prone water systems
that waste trillions of gallons a year and result in damaging breaks.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/water-wasting-leaks-plague-many-cities-1466531064
Massachusetts to Seek Water Permitting Authority
Bloomberg
Massachusetts officials are putting plans in place to file an application
with the Environmental Protection Agency seeking authority to administer
the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), a move that is
presently opposed by several environmental organizations.
http://www.bna.com/massachusetts-seek-water-n57982074487/
