WWALS Watershed Coalition

WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.

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EPA gives Florida 12 months to fix its water quality standards 2022-12-05 [Up]

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[Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in Status Network Wells (All Aquifers) Modeled Using Inverse Distance Weighting, in Florida Well Salinity Study, by FL-DEP, 13 July 2015]
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in Status Network Wells (All Aquifers) Modeled Using Inverse Distance Weighting

FDEP ERC OpEd FL Waterkeeper comment letter 2016-07-25

[our deep concern about the rule change proposed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) that would increase the allowable limits of toxic chemicals in our waterways.]
our deep concern about the rule change proposed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) that would increase the allowable limits of toxic chemicals in our waterways.
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[Instead of following EPA's recommendation that exposure to toxins will increase the risk of cancer for no more than 1 in a million people at the 90th pecentile, FDEP only chose to protect the average Floridian at this risk level.]
Instead of following EPA's recommendation that exposure to toxins will increase the risk of cancer for no more than 1 in a million people at the 90th pecentile, FDEP only chose to protect the average Floridian at this risk level.
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[Floridians simply deserve better.]
Floridians simply deserve better.
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EPA Administrators Determination

[pursuant to Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 303(c)(4)(B), that new and revised water quality standards (WQS) are necessary to satisfy the requirements of the CWA.]
pursuant to Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 303(c)(4)(B), that new and revised water quality standards (WQS) are necessary to satisfy the requirements of the CWA.
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[The State did not otherwise provide any timeline for updates to its HHC.]
The State did not otherwise provide any timeline for updates to its HHC.
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[II. History of Florida’s Water Quality Standards Subject to this Determination]
II. History of Florida’s Water Quality Standards Subject to this Determination
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[Florida used this national default 6.5 g/day FCR, which was not based on any Florida-specific data, to derive its HHC in 1992 and has not revised those HHC since.]
Florida used this national default 6.5 g/day FCR, which was not based on any Florida-specific data, to derive its HHC in 1992 and has not revised those HHC since.
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[Florida’s Actions to Reexamine its Existing Human Health Criteria]
Florida’s Actions to Reexamine its Existing Human Health Criteria
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[III. Florida’s Current Human Health Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants Do Not Protect Florida’s Designated Uses]
III. Florida’s Current Human Health Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants Do Not Protect Florida’s Designated Uses
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[IV. Clean Water Act Section 303(c)(4)(B) Determination]
IV. Clean Water Act Section 303(c)(4)(B) Determination
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[EPA believes that 12 months is a reasonable timeframe for the agency to develop proposed federal regulations setting forth protective HHC for Florida.]
EPA believes that 12 months is a reasonable timeframe for the agency to develop proposed federal regulations setting forth protective HHC for Florida.
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[Appendix – Priority Toxic Pollutants Requiring Revised or New Human Health Criteria]
Appendix – Priority Toxic Pollutants Requiring Revised or New Human Health Criteria
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[More Priority Toxic Pollutants]
More Priority Toxic Pollutants
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