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Ashland Sewage Permit Comments

Ashland Sewage Permit Comments

October 18, 2021 | Rogue River, Clean Water Act, Comments, Featured, OR NPDES, Water Quality

News Stay Informed  We appreciate you interest in staying informed on NWEA's activities and how you can make a difference! Please know we respect your privacy and will keep you information confidential. You can always contact us at:...
Ashland Sewage Permit Comments

Rogue River Oregon Update

May 30, 2020 | Update, Featured, Lawsuits, OR NPDES, Rogue River, Water Quality

Rogue River Oregon Update Rogue River Oregon UpdateRelevent PostsDocument Links In May, NWEA’s expert panel issued a scathing rebuttal report to Medford’s most recent study.  NWEA’s report shows that aggressive reductions in nutrient pollution—both nitrogen and...
EPA Forced to Act on Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

EPA Forced to Act on Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

July 24, 2018 | Lawsuits, EPA, Puget Sound, WA Temperature, WA TMDLs, Water Quality

NWEA Lawsuit Forces EPA Action on Deschutes River Clean-Up After failing to either approve or disapprove the Deschutes River TMDL clean-up plan developed by Washington Department of Ecology’s  for two and a half years, EPA partially approved and partially disapproved...
NWEA Petition Seeks Control of Puget Sound Sewage Discharges

NWEA Petition Seeks Control of Puget Sound Sewage Discharges

October 10, 2017 | Petitions, Clean Water Act, Nutrients, Ocean Acidification, Puget Sound, WA NPDES, WA TMDLs, Water Quality

NWEA has submitted a petition for rulemaking to the Washington Department of Ecology that seeks to control nitrogen pollution from sewage discharges into Puget Sound. The demand for a TMDL clean-up plan is contained in a formal 77-page petition that requests Ecology...

Groups Request Oregon EQC Action on Water Pollution Permits

November 22, 2016 | NPDES Permits, OR NPDES, Oregon, Water Quality

Letter sent on water pollution permits process Oregon’s broken water pollution permits process has resulted in a request for action by the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) to remedy the problem.  Three Northwest environmental groups sent the letter...

Oregon CZARA Grant Cut Due to Poor Logging Practices

March 12, 2016 | CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, Logging, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality

Federal agencies cut Oregon CZARA Grant Two federal agencies have cut Oregon CZARA grant funding by $1.2 million because the state has failed to protect water quality from logging activities in coastal watersheds. The funding cuts are required by federal law, which is...
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