This document, the sixth in a series of National Quality Inventories published since 1975, summarizes water quality reports submitted by the States and other jurisdictions of the United States in 1986. These State reports ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and seven other federal agencies developed a Clean Water Action Plan to protect public health and restore our nation's waterways ...

This report focuses on the state of the national effort to control nonpoint source pollution as of October 1, 1989. Included are the findings of the state nonpoint source assessments; state programs for addressing problems ...

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During September 11-13, 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored the National Sediment Bioaccumulation Conference in Bethesda, Maryland. The assessment of bioaccumulative sediment contaminants has ...

This report presents a detailed review of the contaminant occurrence data used and the statistical methods developed to estimate regulated contaminant occurrence in public drinking water systems. These regulated contaminant ...

The purpose of this report is to present a list of potential "action items" related to beach health. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) ...

Coastal and shoreline development, wastewater collection and treatment facilities, septic tanks, animal feeding operations, urban runoff, disposal of human waste from boats, and bathers themselves all contribute to fecal ...

This document describes the national mercury data base compiled and quality assured by EPA's Standards and Applied Science Division within the Office of Water's Office of Science and Technology. In addition to this ...

The following document entitled "Water Quality Standards Handbook - Second Edition" provides guidance issued in support of the Water Quality Standards Regulation (40 CFR 131, as amended). This Handbook includes the operative ...