Record #:

5288

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Gregory D. Jennings has been named associate director of the Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina. He received his PhD from the University of Nebraska and joined the faculty of North Carolina State University in 1990. He will divide his time between departmental and WRRI responsibilities.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 337, Sept/Oct 2002, p1, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jennings, Gregory D.

Record #:

5717

Author(s):

Saxon, John L.

Abstract:

Effective July 1, 1996, the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources will be reorganized, with some sections raised to division level, others renamed, and some programs combined.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 298, Mar/Apr 1996, p4 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina. Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources

Record #:

6390

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

While the federal government continues to roll back regulations controlling sanitary sewage overflow (SSO), North Carolina's SSO program is one of the country's toughest on sewage spills. The article discusses the program and includes a list of regulations for securing a wastewater collection system permit.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 344, Nov/Dec 2003, p1, 4-5 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sewage disposal--Laws and legislation

Record #:

7344

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

David H. Moreau, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning, has once again been named director of the Water Resources Research Institute of UNC effective July 1, 2005. Moreau, who was WRRI director from 1983 to 1995, has been a UNC faculty member since 1968.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 352, May/June 2005, p1, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Moreau, David H.

Record #:

8180

Author(s):

Burgess, Carla B.

Abstract:

Standards for treating drinking water and wastewater in the country are becoming stricter. At the same time the pipes and related conduits that bring drinking water to and take wastewater away from the home or business are wearing out. Some of these underground systems have been doing their jobs for over one hundred years. Burgess discusses the problems created in dealing with water infrastructure replacement when federal mandates, like the Clean Water Act, are either underfunded, unfunded, or cut by Congress.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 350, Jan/Feb 2005, p1, 5-6, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water quality; Sewerage--Maintenance and repair; Infrastructure (Economics)--Finance

Record #:

8181

Author(s):

Burgess, Carla B.

Abstract:

The summer of 2005 will mark the tenth anniversary of massive algae blooms and fish kills on the lower Neuse River caused by excessive nitrogen and phosphate loading in the Neuse estuary. Bill Holman, executive director of the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund, feels this was one instance where policymakers and scientists were at odds. He cites two examples of proactive, progressive management of water quality in the state's rapidly growing and highly urbanized Piedmont region--the Mountain Island Lake initiative and the Catawba River Mountain Island Lake. The latter contains the largest drinking water supply in North Carolina.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 351, Mar/Apr 2005, p1, 3, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water-supply

Record #:

8182

Author(s):

Burgess, Carla B.

Abstract:

Low-impact development, or LID, is a new stormwater management strategy. Instead of diverting runoff away from its origin, LID assimilates rainwater where it falls, through a system of small, discrete methods distributed throughout the landscape. It uses the hydrological functions that were there before the property was developed. Instead of using traditional methods of water conveyance, like roof downspouts, curbs and gutters, or drainage pipes, builders can use bioretention areas (rain gardens), grassy swales, vegetated buffer/filter strips and infiltration trenches.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 352, May/June 2005, p4-5, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Real estate development; Runoff--Laws and legislation

Record #:

8183

Author(s):

Burgess, Carla B.

Abstract:

Since 1988, owners of commercial and noncommercial underground storage tanks (USTs) have had assistance from state trust funds to clean up petroleum leaks. Because of a major backlog of claims and substantial financial deficits, the state is phasing out this assistance program. The North Carolina Department of Waste Management is developing new legislation on USTs. The three objectives of the legislation are: initiate regulatory reform; allocate more money to meet its existing obligations to pay for cleanup at sites already reported; and transition toward alternate means for commercial tank owners to demonstrate, as required by federal law, that they have the financial means through insurance or other sources, to clean up any releases.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 353, July/Aug 2005, p1, 3-4, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Underground storage tanks--Laws and legislation

Record #:

33128

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

The Environmental Protection Agency’s new Ground Water Protection Strategy builds on the principle of state control of the resource, with focused help at the federal level. Objectives of the strategy and steps being taken to implement it were outlined in Raleigh on November 2 by the head of the agency’s recently formed Office of Ground Water Protection, Marian Mlay.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 223, Dec/Jan 1985, p1-2 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

United States. Environmental Protection Agency; Water quality management; Groundwater--North Carolina

Record #:

33130

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

The North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development has developed a document that sets forth policy and criteria for instream flows. Its purpose is to establish minimum stream flows for protection of all water users. The document will serve as a guide for the department’s review and regulatory activities and for project developers.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 223, Dec/Jan 1985, p3 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina. Department of Natural Resources and Community Development; Water management; Water resources development--Laws and legislation

Record #:

33165

Author(s):

Moreau, David H.

Abstract:

The provision of water supplies of ample quantity and quality to sustain population growth and economic development can no longer be taken for granted. North Carolina is experiencing interstate competition for water, and a more active state role in planning for water supplies is in order.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 224, Feb 1985, p1-2 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water supply; Water resources development

Record #:

33166

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

Nine counties in North Carolina have provided financial support for ten technicians to help implement agricultural best management practices for nonpoint source pollution controls. The counties are among those in the Falls, Jordan, and Chowan River Watersheds where farmers are eligible to receive cost-share assistance from state appropriations for practices to reduce agricultural nonpoint source pollution.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 224, Feb 1985, p4-5 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Non-point source pollution; Agricultural pollution--Prevention; Water quality management

Record #:

33167

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

Hydrilla, a noxious aquatic weed plant, was recently identified in Woodlake in Moore County, North Carolina. This is the largest infestation found in the state and the first major infestation in the Cape Fear River Drainage Basin.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 224, Feb 1985, p5 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hydrilla; Invasive plants; Cape Fear River

Record #:

33168

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

Duke Power Company operated an experimental hypolimnetic aerator in Lake Norman, North Carolina, in the summer of 1984. It showed that an oxygenated cold-water refuge area could be created for striped bass, which are often stressed to the point of mortalities in southeastern reservoirs in late summer.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 224, Feb 1985, p5-6 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Striped bass; Duke Power Co. (Durham); Lake Norman

Record #:

33175

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

North Carolina has a limited number of sites suitable for the development of water supply reservoirs. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are assessing the threat of urbanization to future water supply reservoir sites and watersheds.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 225, Mar 1985, p1 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water supply; Water resources development--Research