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Saturday, June 04, 2011
Environment - "IDEM to set E. coli load limit for White River"
Seth Slabaugh reported June 2nd in the Muncie Star-Press in a long story that begins:
MUNCIE -- The state of Indiana is establishing pollution limits for the headwaters of the Upper White River, which is impaired by E. coli bacteria.The limits are being set in Delaware, Henry and Randolph counties, where the river begins.
Sources of pollution in the watershed include land application of manure, failing septic systems and municipal sewage discharges.
During a recent meeting at Farm Bureau Insurance, officials from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management said the Clean Water Act required the state to establish a pollution load limit for the headwaters. The goal is to reduce pollution to levels that will make the waters fishable and swimmable.
After beginning in East Central Indiana, the river flows south through Madison, Hamilton, Marion and other counties. E. coli load limits already have been established in some of those counties.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 4, 2011 09:33 AM
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