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34160
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission has adopted revisions of the state’s groundwater standards and classifications. The new rules, which take effect August 1, are outlined and discussed in this article.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 258, July/Aug 1989,
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34161
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North Carolina’s Clean Lakes Program is restoring two lakes in Umstead State Park for swimming and other recreational uses. Restoration efforts include ridding the lakes of hydrilla infestation and correcting sedimentation problems. The condition of the lakes will also be assessed for the level of nutrients, algae, and water quality.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 258, July/Aug 1989,
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34162
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July 17, 1989 was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Water Resources Research Act of 1964, which established the original fifty state water resources research institutes. The Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina began operating in 1965. Since then, the institute has responded to major water problems in the state through hundreds of water-related research projects and through support of graduate and undergraduate students.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 259, Sept/Oct 1989,
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34163
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In August, William W. Cobey, Jr. was sworn in as the first secretary of North Carolina’s newest governmental agency, the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources. The new department combines many of the Health Services programs from the Department of Human Resources with divisions of the now defunct Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 259, Sept/Oct 1989,
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34164
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The 1989 Session of the North Carolina General Assembly considered a host of environmentally related bills and passed a number that could have significant effects on water quantity and quality statewide. Legislation pertain to solid waste, a state water supply plan, watershed classification, stormwater runoff, and erosion control.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 259, Sept/Oct 1989,
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34165
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The drought of 1988 has demonstrated the need for water policy development at all levels of government. A recent survey study by Dr. David H. Moreau, director of the Water Resources Research Institute at the University of North Carolina, indicates that at the local level, where first-line response to drought conditions must be taken, there is a need for improving the state of preparedness of water utilities to deal with the effects of drought.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 260, Nov/Dec 1989,
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34166
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The North Carolina Division of Environmental Management has released the “1988 N. C. Lakes Monitoring Report,” which integrates information on lakes from several state agencies, including the Ambient Lakes Monitoring Program. The report covers fifty-five lakes sampled from 1983 to 1987. This article provides a summary and table of information on the lakes, water quality conditions, and drinking water supply sources.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 260, Nov/Dec 1989,
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34167
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In a draft report prepared for the North Carolina Division of Water Resources, a Duke University Fellow says that unless local regulations are strengthened, residential areas with serious flooding problems will continue to be developed in floodplains of dam-controlled rivers in Piedmont North Carolina. This article discusses the study, regulations for development in floodplain areas, and flood insurance.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 260, Nov/Dec 1989,
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34168
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As required by Section 319 of the Water Quality Act of 1987, North Carolina has compiled and submitted two nonpoint source (NPS) assessment reports. The reports identify navigable waters of the state impacted by nonpoint source pollution, and lays out plans to control the pollution. The Division of Environmental Management applied to the Environmental Protection Agency for funds to implement water control programs.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 261, Jan/Feb 1990,
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34169
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A Water Resource Research Institute project initiated in 1987 and aimed at determining the effectiveness of vegetative buffers in removing sediment and nutrients from agricultural drainage has been extended and expanded under a cooperative funding agreement among several agencies and university scientists. The results of the study should allow more accurate prediction of how vegetative buggers can aid in solving agricultural nonpoint source pollution problems.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 261, Jan/Feb 1990,
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34170
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In March, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission voted to proceed to public hearings with proposed underground storage tank regulations. The proposed regulations establish technical standards for construction and installation of new underground storage tank systems, for upgrading existing systems, for corrective action in leaking systems, and for closure of systems taken out of service.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 262, Mar/Apr 1990,
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34171
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The United States Geological Survey published the results of a study begun in 1983 to better understand and define the groundwater flow system in the central Coastal Plain of North Carolina. The report contains detailed narrative descriptions of Cretaceous aquifers as well as detailed maps of each aquifer. A summary of the aquifers and table are presented in this article.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 262, Mar/Apr 1990,
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34172
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission voted to proceed with public hearings on water supply watershed protection regulations. This article provides a summary and table of the main features of the draft watershed protection regulations and classifications.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 263, May/June 1990,
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34173
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission reached a compromise on a proposal to reclassify part of Alarka Creek in Swain County to “outstanding resource waters.” The Alarka Creek reclassification presented a unique case of natural resource management involving sole ownership of the entire drainage area, potential economic development, and the protection of valuable resources. The commission will reconsider rules prohibiting marina construction in certain coastal areas.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 263, May/June 1990,
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34174
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The United States Department of Agriculture announced two water quality projects to be conducted in Duplin County. One project is a watershed-wide nonpoint source pollution control study in Goshen Swamp Watershed. The second project will examine croplands in Herrings Marsh Run and aim to encourage farmers to adopt other water quality enhancement measures.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 263, May/June 1990,
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