by John Cronin | Jul 15, 2014 | EPA's Invisible Beaches, Law & Policy, Pollution, Recreation, Water
At present, 12% of Iowa’s swimming beaches have elevated levels of E. coli bacteria, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Beach Monitoring Progam (locations in yellow below). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not include Iowa...
by John Cronin | Jul 13, 2014 | EPA's Invisible Beaches, Law & Policy, Pollution, Recreation, Water
In Tennessee, where typical daytime summer temperatures are locked in the high 80s and above, “about 176 river miles are posted due to bacterial contamination,” warns the state’s Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). Causes of the contamination are...
by John Cronin | Jul 11, 2014 | EPA's Invisible Beaches, Law & Policy, Pollution, Recreation, Water
53% of Samples Taken at Wheeling, WV Unsafe. 23% of samples taken from the Ohio River tested unsafe for swimming due to bacterial contamination according to analyses conducted by the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) at six sites spread over five...
by John Cronin | Jul 6, 2014 | EarthDesk Sunday, EPA's Invisible Beaches, General, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
Twenty-nine oceanfront warning signs in the Myrtle Beach area (below) are “a better system than media advisories because beach-goers have a constant reminder of the dangers of swimming,” according to the South Carolina Department of Health and...
by John Cronin | Jul 3, 2014 | Government, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
During 45 seconds of a 22-minute, June 25 speech about the environment before the League of Conservation Voters, President Obama spoke in surprisingly unsophisticated language regarding his water agenda: I’m going to stand with sportsmen and conservationists against...