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34190
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The North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, established in 1977, has implemented one of the first fully operational state geographic information systems (GIS) in the United States. This rapidly evolving state GIS is crucial to many of North Carolina’s recent water quality protection initiatives. The center produced maps that will aid in implementing the state’s watershed protection program, and has detailed data layers which can highlight specific issues.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 268, Mar/Apr 1991,
p4-5, map
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34191
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While the North Carolina Attorney General’s office awaits an appeal court decision in one suit to prevent the Lake Gaston-Virginia Beach pipeline, it is filing briefs for an appeals court hearing in another suit brought to stop construction from proceeding. The hearing on Virginia Beach’s appeal against the injunction will be held April 11.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 268, Mar/Apr 1991,
p5
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34192
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William L. Kovacs, an attorney who helped develop the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, was the keynote speaker at the North Carolina Recycling Association’s 1991 Conference and Exhibition in Winston-Salem, March 12-13. Kovacs discussed solid waste issues, the lack of federal support for recycling, and North Carolina’s Solid Waste Management Act of 1989.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 269, May/June 1991,
p5-6
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34193
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At its May 9 meeting, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission approved holding public hearings on the proposed classifications of water supply watersheds across the state. The classification determines the kinds of protective measures that must be put into place by local governments with jurisdiction in the watershed. The public hearing process gives citizens an opportunity to comment on the proposed classification.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 269, May/June 1991,
p6-7
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34194
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In a project sponsored by the North Carolina Urban Water Consortium, university investigators have concluded that the urban water utilities they studied may need to improve removal of disinfection by-products from drinking water to meet requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986. They also conclude that requirements for removal of synthetic organic chemicals and volatile organic chemicals will probably not have a major impact on the utilities.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 269, May/June 1991,
p12
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34195
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Legislation ratified by the North Carolina General Assembly in July postpones the date by which the Environmental Management Commission must reclassify water supply watersheds and the date by which local governments must submit local water supply ordinances. A summary of the changes is provided in this article.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 270, July/Aug 1991,
p1-2
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34196
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission voted to postpone until December a vote on granting the power of eminent domain to the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority for acquiring land to construct a regional water supply dam. The Randleman Lake project is to be built in Randolph and Guilford counties to supply the municipalities of Randleman, High Point, Jamestown, Archdale, and Greensboro and Randolph County.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 270, July/Aug 1991,
p5
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34197
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A recent report published by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management says that the 1987 phosphate detergent ban has achieved an average forty-eight-percent reduction in wastewater treatment plant effluent phosphorus concentrations. These results are based on twenty-three wastewater treatment plants across the state. The ban is preventing phosphorus from being discharged into the rivers of the state.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 270, July/Aug 1991,
p6
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34198
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In its latest biennial report on water quality in North Carolina, the Water Quality Section of the Division of Environmental Management reports that sixty-four-percent of the state’s streams and rivers fully support their recreational uses. Agricultural runoff is identified as the most widespread contributor to stream degradation across most of the state. Other sources of pollution are summarized in this article.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 270, July/Aug 1991,
p6, il
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34199
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in June a 1990 District Court’s finding that the Army Corps of Engineers properly considered the permit they issued for construction of the Lake Gaston-Virginia Beach pipeline. The City of Virginia Beach filed another suit in the Eastern District Court of North Carolina seeking to overturn a law passed only days earlier by the North Carolina General Assembly. The recent bill created a new statute mandating certain conditions under which water is withdrawn from any major river or reservoir.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 270, July/Aug 1991,
p8
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34200
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The North Carolina Environmental Commission voted to send to public hearing proposed special designations for water bodies across the state. Proposed watershed protection classifications include Outstanding Resource Waters (ORW), Shellfishing/Outstanding Resource Waters (SA-ORW), or High Quality Waters (HQW).
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 271, Sept/Oct 1991,
p1-2
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34201
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The 1991-92 Green Index, issued by the Institute for Southern Studies of Durham, ranks North Carolina’s environmental conditions and policies slightly above average when compared to other states. The Green Index is a set of 256 indicators that measure and rank conditions of environmental health.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 271, Sept/Oct 1991,
p3, il, f
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34202
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A report on biological monitoring in North Carolina streams recently released by the Water Quality Section of the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management shows improvement in water quality at twenty-six monitored locations and a decline in quality at five locations. This article provides a summary of the data collected through the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Ambient Network between 1983 and 1990. The data describe the biodiversity and species abundance in association with water quality conditions.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 271, Sept/Oct 1991,
p5, il, f
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34203
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According to the United States Geological Survey’s National Water Conditions, temperatures were above normal throughout most of the nation in July. In North Carolina, streamflow values declined statewide for the third month in a row but remained at average to slightly above average levels. Rainfall, streamflow, groundwater, and reservoir levels in July and August are presented in this article.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 271, Sept/Oct 1991,
p13, il, f
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34204
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission in October upheld a Division of Environmental Management decision to deny water quality certification for a permit to fill a two-acre freshwater wetland in Pender County. This action signaled the commission’s intention to protect the water quality functions of the state’s remaining wetlands.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 272, Nov/Dec 1991,
p1-2
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