Oregon environmental regulators approved new water quality standards, the toughest in the nation.
Oregon environmental regulators approved new water quality standards, the toughest in the nation.
The rules, subject to approval by the Environmental Protection Agency, are up to 10 times more stringent than current national standards and are designed in part to account for comparatively large amounts of fish in the diets of Oregonians, especially Native Americans.
Five years in the making, the regulations would set new limits on concentrations of over 100 toxins — from pesticides to PCBs — permitted to be discharged into waterways from factories, sewage plants and other industrial facilities.
Approved by the five-member Environmental Quality Commission on a 4-1 vote, the plan is aimed at improving the safety of water in streams and rivers for use in fishing, drinking and swimming.
Read more at the Huffington Post.
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