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Not Wade Away
U.S. streams in sad shape, says EPA analysis |
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08 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Not Wade Away U.S. streams in sad shape, says EPA analysis It's Monday and most of the streams in the U.S. are in bad shape. Can we go back to bed? A U.S. EPA study finds that 42 percent of "wadeable" U.S. streams are in poor condition, 25 percent are fair, and only 28 percent are good (OK, math geeks, 5 percent were not analyzed because of sampling problems). Streams running between the Appa ... |
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| Topics: news, rivers and watersheds, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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