http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org daily 1 2009-06-17T23:22:01Z http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/new-sewage-plant-at-reventure-park-1 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities is planning to build a new $197 million wastewater plant in proposed business park on the former Clariant (Sodyeco) property on the west side of the Catawba River. The plant would serve Mt. Holly via a pipe that under the Catawba River and Mecklenburg County. No publisher rick 2010-03-08T19:57:03Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/stricter-water-classifications-proposed-for-catawba DENR has proposed that segments of the Catawba River be reclassified as High Quality Waters (HQW). It would include the main stem of the river and the headwater tributaries starting at the river’s source and ending at the river’s confluence with the Left Prong Catawba River. No publisher rick 2010-03-04T21:31:14Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/mountain-island-lake-impaired NC Division of Water Quality's draft 2010 Impaired Waterbodies List includes a large portion of Mountain Island Lake, the main drinking water supply for the Cities of Charlotte, Gastonia and Mount Holly. No publisher David 2010-02-24T16:55:35Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/erosion-continues-at-bankrupt-or-foreclosed-developments A recent article entitled, "Erosion is latest fallout of recession," by Bruce Henderson with the Charlotte Observer highlights many of the problems associated with large developments that find themselves in bankruptcy or foreclosure. No publisher David 2010-02-24T16:59:02Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/utilities-plans-for-coal-ash-pond-may-not-be-enough Are utilities' plans for shoring up hazardous coal ash dams good enough? No publisher rick 2010-02-10T16:02:47Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/state-wants-more-testing-of-coal-waste State officials want more groundwater testing around coal ash settling ponds at Duke Energy’s electric plants along the Catawba River, including three ponds in Gaston County. No publisher rick 2010-02-05T18:04:10Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/construction-stormwater-runoff-threatens-water-supply News 14 did a report on report on the problem of construction stormwater runoff featuring the work of Catawba Riverkeeper David Merryman and Lakekeeper Ellen Goff. No publisher rick 2010-02-05T17:37:22Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/catawba-wateree-river-listed-again-as-endangered The Southern Environmental Law Center's second annual report listed the Catawba-Wateree as one of the 10 most endangered places in the South. In 2008, American Rivers named the Catawba-Wateree the Most Endangered River in the United States. No publisher rick 2010-02-01T21:28:30Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/catawba-riverkeeper-profiled-in-charlotte-magazine Catawba Riverkeeper David Merryman was profiled in the Feburary issue of Charlotte Magazine. If you ever wondered what the Riverkeeper does, this article provides a good glimpse of the life of the Riverkeeper. No publisher rick 2010-01-21T18:45:25Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/u.s.-supreme-court-allows-parties-to-intervene-in-ibt-litigation On January 20, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision allowing Duke Energy and Catawba River Water Supply Project, but not the city of Charlotte, to intervene in the case filed by South Carolina against North Carolina in the United States Supreme Court. No publisher rick 2010-01-21T18:34:09Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/con-kan-ibt-dispute-finds-resolution Reductions during drought periods, additional water conservation measures and a timeline for withdrawals highlight key components of litigation settlement agreement. No publisher David 2010-01-20T18:53:12Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/erosion-muddies-cornelius-water-supply The Town of Cornelius and Mecklenburg County will attempt to restore a "critically impaired" creek that feeds into the primary water reservoir for 800,000 people in the region. McDowell Creek Cove on Moutain Island Lake has shown "a significant decline in water quality" over the years because of the flow of nutrients and sediment from the development boom in the Huntersville and Cornelius areas, according to Cornelius' state grant application. No publisher rick 2010-01-12T18:37:48Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/atlantic-sturgeon-may-get-endangered-status CHARLESTON - The reclusive Atlantic Sturgeon might be placed on the endangered species list two years after a federal review concluded such a move was unnecessary. If approved, Atlantic Sturgeon would be declared endangered from the Santee-Cooper river system (including the Catawba-Wateree River) north, and designated threatened from Charleston south. No publisher rick 2010-01-12T16:33:04Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/.white-house-epa-at-odds-over-coal-waste-rules The Obama administration is engaged in an unusual internal spat as the White House and Environmental Protection Agency tussle over how to handle millions of tons of waste from coal-fired power plants. Utility and environmental groups are watching the coal-ash dispute as an indicator of the administration's pliability on the regulatory front. No publisher rick 2010-01-11T16:16:30Z News Item http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/sc-to-begin-testing-for-pcbs-on-wateree-in-response-to-federal-findings State biologists will begin testing fish at Lake Wateree next year for PCBs, a suspected cancer-causing pollutant that federal data show has tainted predator species in the popular reservoir. Wateree was among the 17 percent of lakes tested nationally in which fish registered PCB levels above a federal health safety standard this decade, according to data released last month by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. No publisher rick 2009-12-14T21:50:49Z News Item