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City of Fort Wayne/Allen County
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Chemical Spill in St. Mary's River/Ft. Wayne
Toxic Release Inventory showing drop off in Indiana '07.
Sink Hole on Maumee River & Anthony Blvd - crumbled sewer pipe or
Journal Gazette Sink Hole Story
Essex spills hundreds of gallons of hazardous chemicals in St. Mary's River
YouTube
Anthony Bridge Sink Hole
Reactions to City Sewage Reduction Plan
First Public Meeting on Canyon Cliffs Development
Neighbors and Green Groups to fight Canyon Cliffs
Formal ethics complaint filed against Canyon Cliffs - Why? County Councilmen
are enacted to stop corruption not approve it?
Developers TRY to explain why they seek Cedar Creek area- Save Maumee is NOT
anti-development, we just have a problem with suburbanization
Contained
Animal Feeding Operation Map in our area - INFO
Livestock tied to water quality
No sewer expansion for Canyon Cliffs Fort Wayne Politics.com
Offering of "raingardens" from city utilities turned down Save Maumee
proposal - raingardens are to offset the EPA fines of just under 1 million
dollars
Junk Ditch area homes slated for buy-out
More Wabash River Protected by Little River Wetlands and a Teacher!
Bald Eagle spotted, maybe from warm weather trends
Hall's/NIPSCO Removal of
coal tar sediment - potential for river contamination - they will be
removing 2.4 million gallons of decade old coal tar and contaminants. Across the
street they already removed 3,500 tons around Trustee Building of coal tar and
contaminants!
Ft.
Wayne officials discuss federal help @ meeting
List of 303 (d)
impaired water list - problems included E. Coli, Mercury and PCB in fish
tissues, algae, impaired biotic communities etc.
Diagnosing Problems in the St. Joe River - including phosphorous, Atrazine,
horses, agriculture to name a few
Local Business
will install a wastewater system in your home!
Download GIS Fort
Wayne for CSO outlet area map, floodplains, sewer structures, greenway trails
etc.
25 Million Dollars for Maplecrest extension bridge?
History of Fort Wayne area Indian Tribes and their Rivers
Sewers being fixed....but E. Coli above legal limits 85 days in 2008
Maumee River Downstream - People dump dead animals, stolen cars, garbage
Hog farm waste kills thousands of fish in Jay County and one is going up in
your backyard stream! -
CLICK HERE to check out a hog farm coming to town!
Others around the proposed the CAFO do not want it there either
- CLICK HERE
Berry Street Beacon gives an explanation on the exact location and concerns
Hog fight continues in Allen County
Greening of the River in Ft. Wayne, Interesting? Attention is at least being brought to
our water!
USGS Identifies states contributing to Dead Zones in the Gulf = Indiana
Indiana Water Problems:
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124,000 fish per day killed by Power Plant on the Maumee
Hoosiers still have highest Mercury content in streams
Chart of Mercury in Waterways - Fort Wayne to New Haven HIGHEST
SW Indiana has air quality problems, being taught in schools.
Plymouth long-term sewage control plan is better for quality of life
Southwest IN, Data points to high Mercury levels
Indiana
Water Shortage Plan
VIDEO: Deep Injection Wells (behind the scenes) specifically
KNOW: Water and Electricity NEED Conservation
Floods Strip
Midwest Topsoil -
"It takes thousands of years to form one inch of topsoil."
IDEM approves known Ohio water polluter for Indiana permit
States join EPA to study pathogens in Ohio - Downstream of Ft. Wayne
2,200 CFO's in Indiana with potential to contaminate waterways with metals,
arsenic, disease-causing organisms and antibiotic-resistant micro-organisms
Indiana seeks to remove hundreds of mercury and PCB-tainted waterways from a
from a statewide list of impaired waters-The
move is to free Indiana from a federal mandate to restore waterways
Environmentalists worry about Indiana agency changes - before polluter
penalties can be imposed there has to be evidence that a discharge, emissions
spill had caused "actual" or "significant" threats to human health or safety or
damage to the environment.
Follow dirty coal money in politics - Really Informative
IN
Dept of Env. Management stops giving fines and punishments
How
animal waste SHOULD be contained - and effects on water quality
Great Lakes
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More than 14 million juvinile fish and 2 billion fish in larval form killed
at power generating plant
Chicago among largest water polluters - contributing to dead zones
Ohio moving to protect wildlife! What about Indiana?
Lake Erie Algae Bloom Studies
Sunoco Spill in in River - Closing Maumee pipeline
10 reasons to care about the Lakes
Western Lake
Erie Fish Kills and Algae Bloom Problems
GREAT explanation of the Lakes
Great Lakes Review - General Info
Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry says the Great Lakes need help
Outbreak of avian botulism? - Dead fish and birds point to presence of
disease in the Maumee River
EPA administrator fired for pursuing polluters of the highest dioxin released
into waterways EVER in the USA
Phosphorous control projects to help Lake Erie - so do your part not to buy
products like dishwasher detergent with phosphorous or any other home product
It's been 30 years since
Lake Erie was known as a "dead lake," but algae blooms once again are taking
over and killing life once again - reaching 1976 levels.
Click here to see how a dead zone forms (it does NOT have to be salt water)
Dead zones occurring in the Great Lakes
Keep DEET off skin and don't drink lake water!
35. 5% of the 0.1 gram of 20% DEET left on the skin is absorbed into the body.
That is 0.005 grams absorbed into the body. If one drank a liter of Lake water
with 1 part-per-trillion of DEET, their exposure would be 5 million times LESS
than the exposure from DEET applied to the skin.
Great
Lakes affected by British Petroleum!
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators Agenda - Great Lakes Pollution
Algae blooms receiving national attention - can be seen from space!
Nonrenewable and RENEWABLE Energy and Rivers
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FLOW: Upcoming movie that will change the way you think about water
Toxic Coal-Ash Dumps face few regulations in Iowa
Indiana seeks to remove hundreds of mercury and PCB-tainted waterways from a
statewide list of impaired waters - In a move to free the state of a federal
mandate to restore them. ?
Feds seek to relax rules on dumping mine waste in waterways
“The new rule will allow coal companies to dump massive waste piles directly
into streams, permanently burying them."
Slow moving River Currents = Renewable Energy Resource!
Coal fired power
plant sludge lets loose in Tennessee
$500 Million for 210 acres Clean-Up in Tennessee Coal-Ash Spill
Tennessee Coal-Ash Spill - Worse than thought - $800 million remediation
Interactive Coal-Ash Map - Truth about Coal Ash
Wabash River Access Points and Maps
Truly GREEN Ideas:
Landfills Generate Electricity from Trash
Got Manure? These cars run on it!
Future water treatment ALL onsite - none sent downstream!
Hands ON for students studying engineering and water quality issues!
15,000 plastic
bottles make "Junk" raft to raise awareness about plastic
Taking
care of pollution BEFORE it hits the waterways!
Curriculum for 3rd-5th graders to improve soil, water, air!
GREEN Golf Courses are here! Not just the color anymore!
Save Maumee may not agree with all that Alex Jones says but
Info Wars Website has our
attention!
United States Water problems:
Birth Defects tied to season of herbicides/pesticides applications
Cleaning up Mercury and protecting our health!
Fungus is killing Bats & Headed to Indiana
PFOA - Carpet chemical found in highest concentration EVER says EPA
HUGE Aquifer disappearing
Expert: More bacteria in muck, than in the water - East Coast
Ohio River claims E. Coli is not sickening their drinking water yet
IOWA - 42 out of 150 watershed contributing to Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
California Water Problems Extended
Effects of Road Salt on our Waterways
Medication in your drinking water
California water rations for 2009 - the state is worried about droughts
Effects of Pharmaceuticals in our Water
Fly-Ash a cancer causer from coal-fired power plants
What is
the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone?
Photo of a dead zone.
Click here
to see how a dead zone forms.
WORLD Water Problems:
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Experts fear U.S. water shortages in 35 states by 2013
Late July 2008 the U.S. congress banned 6 types of phthalates (plastics)
including
(BPA) Do you know what is in your plastic?
1975 DDT was outlawed for use on all household, water and agriculture
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UN Chief says "Water shortages are a likely trigger for war."
75%
of world population to face water shortages by 2050
Is water becoming "the new oil"?
Water
everywhere but not a drop to drink?
Lake Mead has a 50% chance to run dry by 2021- This Lake supplies the
Colorado River and 7 states (30million people) water
California water rations for 2009 - the state is worried about droughts
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Articles from 2001 - Early 2008
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Emily's Science Project that is going to State Finals! WOW- Take a look at
this!
Get the report here in
Microsoft Word Format.
Get the report here in Adobe
PDF format (22MB).
Water Quality Analysis without all the testing materials
Organization interested in rivers for recreation!
50 years of progress and challenges for the next century.
http://www.in.gov/nrc_dnr/lakemichigan/navtrib/navtribb.html
Navigable
Waterways Roster for the Natural Resources Commission, Indiana. Meaning you
can get out of the boat without trespassing.
http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/?p-124 Harrison Square is built over an
"underground river" and "you wont have much of a ball park because you'll
put all your money into (pump station ) pumps" says Deputy Director of
Community Development.
Hoosier River
Watch
- Thank you for giving us the water testing equipment, 2007.
CONVENTIONAL AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1350 House Resolution
1350 has NO Indiana Sponsors for the "Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation
Act" trying to be passed now!
A few extra Facts from 2008 ....
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