Record #:

34146

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

The North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development may be scheduling public hearings on surface water reclassification requests in the first half of 1989. Some communities have requested a more protective classification of existing water supplies. Others have asked that surface waters now classified for recreation, trout, or other uses be reclassified so that they can be used for public water supplies.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 255, Jan/Feb 1989, p2-3 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Watershed--Protection; Water--Pollution--Laws and legislation; Water--Standards

Record #:

34337

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

On December 11, 2001, the North Carolina Commission for Health Services approved a temporary rule reducing the Maximum Contaminant Level for arsenic in drinking water to the pending federal standard of ten parts-per-billion effective January 1, 2002. When the new rule goes into effect, public community and non-transient non-community drinking water systems that exceed the standard will be required to provide public notice of the exceedance.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 333, Jan/Feb 2002, p6 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Drinking water--Contamination; Water--Standards

Record #:

33364

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

A report released by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management in June offers a detailed assessment of freshwater toxicity of fluoride, sources of fluoride pollution, and the effects on the environment. The report will aid in the development of North Carolina water quality standards for toxicants.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 237, Aug/Sept 1986, p5 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water supply--Fluoridation; Water--Standards; Water quality management

Record #:

34147

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

To resolve disagreement about stringent limitations on toxic substances in North Carolina’s streams and rivers, the Environmental Management Commission appointed a committee to review the state’s proposed new in-stream water quality standards prior to taking the standards to public hearing. The dispute about state standards reflects widespread controversy about both analytical detection limits and public risk-benefit perception.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 255, Jan/Feb 1989, p3-4 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Pollution--Laws and legislation; Water--Standards; Water quality management

Record #:

34316

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

In October, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission voted to adopt a recommended decision by an Administrative Law Judge who ruled that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources had erroneously interpreted the state’s turbidity rule in a manner that allows water quality standards to be violated so long as sediment control BMPs are being followed. The decision came in a case involving a golf-course developer in Jackson County, water quality certification and wetlands permit.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 326, Nov/Dec 2000, p1-4 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Standards; Water pollution--Law and legislation; Sediment control

Record #:

34180

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission voted not to proceed to public hearings with a recommendation to weaken the state’s instream limit on dioxin. Dioxin is a by-product of chlorine bleaching which has caused cancer and reproductive abnormalities in laboratory animals. The vote came in response to a request by paper companies, which contend that new information indicates the cancer potency of dioxin is not as great as previously thought, and that they still cannot meet the effluent limitations the state standard imposes.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 265, Sept/Oct 1990, p4 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Standards; Water--Pollution--Laws and legislation; Public health laws

Record #:

34206

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission rejected a recommendation to hold public hearings on changing the state’s water quality standard for dioxin, a by-product of chlorine bleaching linked to cancer and reproductive abnormalities. Instead, the commission voted in July to return the dioxin issue to the Water Quality Committee for additional study.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 276, July/Aug 1992, p1-4 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water quality management; Water--Standards; North Carolina. Environmental Management Commission

Record #:

33490

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

In March the Environmental Management Commission ruled that municipalities and industrial operations which discharge treated wastewater into Falls and Jordan Lakes must reduce phosphorus levels by 1990. Falls and Jordan Lakes were declared nutrient-sensitive in 1983, and stringent regulations were imposed to control the growth of algae in the lakes. A lower phosphorus standard will make it more feasible to employ biological, rather than chemical, methods to remove phosphorus.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 244, June/July 1987, p2 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wastewater management; Water quality management--Jordan Lake; Water--Standards; Algae blooms--Monitoring

Record #:

34306

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

In February 2000, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission’s Groundwater Committee revisited a proposal to adopt a temporary rule lowering the groundwater standard for arsenic. The proposal addresses groundwater contaminants which could affect the quality of drinking water and impose health risks. Currently, private wells are not subject to drinking water standards or routinely tested for contamination.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 322, Mar/Apr 2000, p9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Groundwater--Pollution; Drinking water--Contamination; Water--Standards

Record #:

33459

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

The Environmental Protection Agency is enforcing new standards for radionucleotides in response to requirements of the new Safe Drinking Water Act. Twenty-eight public and private water systems in North Carolina have been ordered to comply with radium standards. Research is being conducted on identification of radon in high-risk groundwater areas.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 240, Dec/Jan 1987, p2-3 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Standards; Water quality management--research; Drinking water--Laws and legislation

Record #:

33469

Author(s):

Hayes, Lark; Holton, Margaret

Abstract:

This article is a summary of presentations made at the fall Leaders Conference on Groundwater. Speakers discussed North Carolina’s groundwater standards and classifications, and current threats to groundwater quality.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 242, Mar 1987, p1-2 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Groundwater--North Carolina; Water quality management; Water resources development; Water--Standards

Record #:

34309

Author(s):

Reckhow, Kenneth H.

Abstract:

An apparent loophole in the North Carolina water quality standard for turbidity in surface waters allows exceedances of the numeric standard under certain conditions. Given that sediment is regarded by some to be the major surface water pollutant in North Carolina, the standards may need to be reconsidered.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 323, May/June 2000, p2-3 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Standards; Water--Pollution; Sediment control

Record #:

34143

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

The Legislative Research Commission’s Committee on Watershed Protection has recommended to the 1989 General Assembly two bills aimed at providing reliable and safe water supplies. The bills outline standards for point and nonpoint pollution controls and propose the development of a state water supply plan.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 255, Jan/Feb 1989, p1-2 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Watershed--Protection; Water--Pollution--Laws and legislation; Water--Standards

Record #:

33582

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

North Carolina communities are acting to protect the streams and reservoirs they rely on for drinking water by requesting reclassification of their water supplies under the North Carolina Water Supply Protection Program. The new system has three water supply classes defined by the amount and types of permitted wastewater discharges and requirements for nonpoint source controls in the watershed. Various departments of State government are offering technical assistance, and land use and economic information.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 249, Mar 1988, p1-3 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wastewater management; Water quality management; Watershed--Protection; Water--Standards

Record #:

33343

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

Thirty North Carolina communities have expressed a desire to pursue a more protected water supply classification under the new system adopted by the Environmental Management Commission in December. The new system gives greater attention to reducing chemical contaminants that may be the source of chronic diseases. It also increases the level of activity by local governments.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 233, Feb/Mar 1986, p2 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water supply; Water--Standards; Water quality management