Water Quality Upgrades Planned for Northern Everglades Estuaries
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, March 2, 2009 (ENS) – In support of watershed protection plans for Florida’s Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers, the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board has approved a contract with the University of Massachusetts to study changes in nutrient levels in the rivers’ estuaries during the 2009 wet season. June [...]
Read More »China Faces Water Crisis
BEIJING, China, January 15, 2009 (ENS) – Eight water conservation and control projects along China’s longest river, the Yangtze, will be underway by 2011 to improve water use and protect the environment, a water conservation official said Tuesday. Cai Qihua, director of the Yangtze Water Resources Commission, announced the projects during the commission’s annual work [...]
Read More »Michigan Awards Four Grants for Volunteer Stream Monitoring
LANSING, Michigan, April 3, 2008 (ENS) – Four organizations have been chosen to receive volunteer water quality monitoring grants under the Michigan Clean Water Corps, or MiCorps, program, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Great Lakes Commission announced today The MiCorps program was established by executive order of Governor Jennifer Granholm to involve and [...]
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