Florida’s Revised Water Quality Regulations

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. Bottcher
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Water Quality Regulations ◽  
Constant State

On March 1, 1979 revisions to the Florida water quality regulations became effective. These revisions reflect over five years of work and comprise the first major modification to the regulations in their ten year history. Minor modifications have occurred sporadically throughout this time and will continue. Other parts have been challenged in court and further modifications, as a result, are a possibility. Also, as the department gains experience in implementing the rules and new scientific evidence indicates a need for a change, other modifications will be proposed. So it seems that these rules along with most other environmental standards are in a constant state of flux — changes being considered even before the ink drys on the last change. Paper published with permission.

scholarly journals A Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Environmental Improvement: Marrying Agri-Environmental Payments and Water Quality Regulations

2004 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Johansson ◽  
Jonathan D. Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Large Animal ◽  
Animal Feeding Operations ◽  
Poultry Products ◽  
Water Quality Regulations ◽  
Environmental Quality Incentives Program

Agri-environmental programs, such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, provide payments to livestock and crop producers to generate broadly defined environmental benefits and to help them comply with federal water quality regulations, such as those that require manure nutrients generated on large animal feeding operations to be spread on cropland at no greater than agronomic rates. We couch these policy options in terms of agri-environmental “carrots” and regulatory “sticks,” respectively. The U.S. agricultural sector is likely to respond to these policies in a variety of ways. Simulation analysis suggests that meeting nutrient standards would result in decreased levels of animal production, increased prices for livestock and poultry products, increased levels of crop production, and water quality improvements. However, estimated impacts are not homogeneous across regions. In regions with relatively less cropland per ton of manure produced, the impacts of these policies are more pronounced.

scholarly journals The river absorption capacity determination as a tool to evaluate state of surface water

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1033-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Wilk ◽  
Paulina Orlińska-Woźniak ◽  
Joanna Gębala
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
Nutrient Loads ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
Load Limit ◽  
Management Plans

Abstract. In order to complete a thorough and systematic assessment of water quality, it is useful to measure the absorption capacity of a river. Absorption capacity is understood as a pollution load introduced into river water that will not cause permanent and irreversible changes in the aquatic ecosystem and will not cause a change in the classification of water quality in the river profile. In order to implement the method, the Macromodel DNS/SWAT basin for the Middle Warta pilot (central Poland) was used to simulate nutrient loads. This enabled detailed analysis of water quality in each water body and the assessment of the size of the absorption capacity parameter, which allows the determination of how much pollution can be added to the river without compromising its quality class. Positive values of the calculated absorption capacity parameter mean that it is assumed that the ecosystem is adjusted in such a way that it can eliminate pollution loads through a number of self-purification processes. Negative values indicate that the load limit has been exceeded, and too much pollution has been introduced into the ecosystem for it to be able to deal with through the processes of self-purification. Absorption capacity thus enables the connection of environmental standards of water quality and water quality management plans in order to meet these standards.

scholarly journals Impact of Shelterbelt and Peatland Barriers on Agricultural Landscape Groundwater: Carbon and Nitrogen Compounds Removal Efficiency

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1972
Author(s):  
Marek Szczepański ◽  
Lech W. Szajdak ◽  
Teresa Meysner
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
High Water ◽  
Agricultural Runoff ◽  
Water Quality Regulations ◽  
The Many ◽  
Agricultural Areas

In the context of declining water quality, the threat of nonpoint source pollution (NSP) to aquatic habitats and species is a well-recognized phenomenon. The recognition of NSP continues to grow as legal regulatory practices as well as public and scientific awareness of this source of pollution increase. Agricultural runoff from farms and fields often contains various contaminants such as pesticides, fertilizers, pathogens, sediments, salts, trace metals, and substances that contribute to changes in biological oxygen demand. Farmers and growers releasing agricultural runoff are increasingly required to implement water-quality regulations and management practices to reduce NSP. Constructed or restored shelterbelts and natural peatlands can be two of the many best management practices farmers can use to address this problem. We compared the barrier efficiency of the agricultural landscape elements, i.e., a shelterbelt of various plant compositions and a peatland, to control the spread of NSP in groundwater between ecosystems. In agricultural areas with high water tables, biogeochemical barriers in the form of shelterbelts and peatlands can remove or retain many groundwater pollutants from agricultural runoff with careful planning and management.

scholarly journals A methodology for the evaluation of disinfection technologies

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kerwick ◽  
D. Holt ◽  
M. Kerwick ◽  
S. Reddy ◽  
A. Chamberlain
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Potable Water ◽  
Water Disinfection ◽  
Uv Disinfection ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Quality Cost ◽  
Water Quality Regulations ◽  
Inactivation Efficiency ◽  
By Products

There are several concerns associated with the use of chlorine for potable water disinfection. These are the resistance of certain pathogens, the formation of toxic disinfection by-products and the adverse effects on aesthetic water quality. Owing to these concerns the water industry is continually reviewing alternative disinfection technologies. A methodology has been devised that will aid the water industry in evaluating the potential of these technologies. The methodology uses seven criteria to evaluate the technologies, these are: inactivation efficiency, disinfection by-product (DBP) formation, toxicity, aesthetic water quality, cost, scalability and residual maintenance. Each criterion is assessed by associated questions in order of importance in accordance with a protocol. The criteria are evaluated using UK water quality regulations as standards. Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection was used as an example to demonstrate the methodology. UV was shown to meet all the criteria apart from the provision of a residual disinfectant. Several other disinfection technologies were evaluated using the methodology. Direct electrochemical disinfection and mixed oxidant generators were identified as having the most potential for replacing chlorination.

scholarly journals What determines the public’s support for water quality regulations to mitigate agricultural runoff?

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 323-330
Author(s):  
Tian Guo ◽  
Devin Gill ◽  
Thomas H. Johengen ◽  
Bradley L. Cardinale
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Agricultural Runoff ◽  
Water Quality Regulations

Comparison of Japanese and U.S. Environmental Regulations Impacting Shipbuilding

1997 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 171-177
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Kura ◽  
Albert Knecht ◽  
Kenneth McManis ◽  
W. Reid Lea
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Criteria Pollutants ◽  
Stream Quality ◽  
Ambient Air Quality Standards

Environmental standards of Japan are reviewed and compared with United States' standards. Ambient air quality standards for criteria pollutants, water quality (stream quality) standards, and the effluent standards for wastewater discharges are compared. From this study, it is understood that some standards are more stringent in Japan while others are more stringent in the U.S. Comparisons are made for several water quality and air quality parameters which provide some understanding of the level of environmental compliance that may be required of a typical Japanese shipyard.

Opportunities to sustain "greener" farming: comparing impacts of water quality regulations in two catchments: Lake Taupo (NZ) and Tomales Bay, California (USA)

2010 ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Barry ◽  
W. King ◽  
S. Larson ◽  
M. Lennox
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Point Source Pollution ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Water Quality Regulations ◽  
Tomales Bay ◽  
Non Point Source Pollution

Livestock farming in New Zealand and the United States is increasingly being scrutinised for its environmental impact. In some regions regulations intended to reduce non-point source pollution have been introduced.

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