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How to Define “Safe” Water : [1] http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/88/i39/8839news3.html

Indiana Infrastructure gets a D+ for Drinking Water: [2] http://www.news25.us/Global/story.asp?S=1320931

Passing this along from Maraiah at the FW Childrens’ Zoo. Did you see the article in the Journal-Gazette on Tuesday 9/21? If you are up for turtle cleaning in Michigan, the hotline number is 1-800-306-6837. The (unpaid) volunteers from the zoo could probably use some help after these several weeks of cleaning oily turtles. Call hotline number for training & volunteering. [3] http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100921/LOCAL0201/30921999

See how activists are moving forward in the court with EPA policy.[4] http://www.cleanwaternetwork.org/news-events/news/epa-faces-legal-pressures-make-decision-landmark-antidegradation-plan

…AND pollutant specific limits in EPA law here: [5] http://www.cleanwaternetwork.org/news-events/news/activists-seek-pollutant-specific-limits-new-epa-water-antidegradation-rules

PB not done cleaning up Hammond, Indiana Spill from August17th[6] http://www.indianaeconomicdigest.net/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=135&ArticleID=56181

GOOD NEWS! Hoosier Hog Farm Receives Environmental Award [7] http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00738_Pennbrock_farms_205345.php

Some fear Carp worse than Oil Spill [8] http://www.poten.com/NewsDetails.aspx?id=10655907

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Searched DNR Fish & Wildlife for Lake and River Enhancements and this is the only report found -[10] http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-LARE-LittleRiverWtrshdDiagStudyWhitelyAllenHuntingtonCo_Jan2009.pdf

Soil from the Maplecrest extension road ending up in your river…and you are paying for it twice? Before ground was broken on this land, it HAD to have an erosion control plan, so why will it cost an addition $20,000 to remediate something that was required from the beginning? Reported on August 9, IDEM shows up on the 25^th?[11] http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100911/LOCAL/309119972/1002/LOCAL

IDEM –Needs to document violations for your health and enforce current law… [12] http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100911/EDIT07/309119988/1021/EDIT

The state should be reprimanded for allowing our water to degrade to such bad condition and for neglecting to set total maximum daily loads of pollution levels for the Maumee River. – editorial [13] http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100909/OPINION03/100909642

Atrazine – Turns male frogs into female – what do these chemicals do to humans then? [14] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=common-herbicide-turns-male-frogs-into-females

The burning of fossil fuels is always directly related to water quality! Here is how Save Maumee feels about coal related issues…[15] http://blog.savemaumee.org/category/coals-contribution-to-water-probs/

The percentage of water being used for energy production here:[16] http://www.alternet.org/story/147873/

Hope your Autumn Season is bright,

Abigail Frost-King

Save Maumee Grassroots Organization Founder

Watershed Expert

Master Naturalist

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[1] http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/88/i39/8839news3.html: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/88/i39/8839news3.html
[2] http://www.news25.us/Global/story.asp?S=1320931: http://www.news25.us/Global/story.asp?S=13209310
[3] http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100921/LOCAL0201/30921999: http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100921/LOCAL0201/309219995
[4] http://www.cleanwaternetwork.org/news-events/news/epa-faces-legal-pressures-make-decision-landmark-antidegradation-plan: http://www.cleanwaternetwork.org/news-events/news/epa-faces-legal-pressures-make
-decision-landmark-antidegradation-plan
[5] http://www.cleanwaternetwork.org/news-events/news/activists-seek-pollutant-specific-limits-new-epa-water-antidegradation-rules: http://www.cleanwaternetwork.org/news-events/news/activists-seek-pollutant-speci
fic-limits-new-epa-water-antidegradation-rules
[6] http://www.indianaeconomicdigest.net/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=135&ArticleID=56181: http://www.indianaeconomicdigest.net/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=135&
amp;ArticleID=56181
[7] http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00738_Pennbrock_farms_205345.php: http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00738_Pennbrock_farms_205345.php
[8] http://www.poten.com/NewsDetails.aspx?id=10655907: http://www.poten.com/NewsDetails.aspx?id=10655907
[9] Image: http://blog.savemaumee.org/__oneclick_uploads/2010/10/pollution1.jpg
[10] http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-LARE-LittleRiverWtrshdDiagStudyWhitelyAllenHuntingtonCo_Jan2009.pdf: http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-LARE-LittleRiverWtrshdDiagStudyWhitelyAl
lenHuntingtonCo_Jan2009.pdf
[11] http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100911/LOCAL/309119972/1002/LOCAL: http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100911/LOCAL/309119972/1002/LOCAL
[12] http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100911/EDIT07/309119988/1021/EDIT: http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100911/EDIT07/309119988/1021/EDIT
[13] http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100909/OPINION03/100909642: http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100909/OPINION03/100909642
[14] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=common-herbicide-turns-male-frogs-into-females: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=common-herbicide-turns-male-fro
gs-into-females
[15] http://blog.savemaumee.org/category/coals-contribution-to-water-probs/: http://blog.savemaumee.org/category/coals-contribution-to-water-probs/
[16] http://www.alternet.org/story/147873/: http://www.alternet.org/story/147873/
[17] http://www.savemaumee.org/: http://www.savemaumee.org/
[18] http://blog.savemaumee.org/: http://blog.savemaumee.org//
[19] abby@savemaumee.org: http://blog.savemaumee.orgmailto:abby@savemaumee.org
[20] http://www.myspace.com/savemaumee: http://www.myspace.com/savemaumee
[21] https://twitter.com/savemaumee: http://blog.savemaumee.orghttps://twitter.com/savemaumee
[22] http://www.myspace.com/savemaumee: http://www.myspace.com/savemaumee
[23] http://www.agreenerindiana.com/profile/AbigailFrost: http://www.agreenerindiana.com/profile/AbigailFrost
[24] http://www.facebook.com/savemaumeeabigailfrost: http://www.facebook.com/savemaumeeabigailfrost

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