EPA Water Official Calls On States To 'Intensify' Nutrient Reduction Efforts

EPA's top water official is calling on states to “intensify their efforts” on reducing nutrient pollution that can hinder water quality and pose threats to human health through toxic algal blooms or contaminated drinking water, saying there is a need for further reductions five years after the agency launched a framework for states to cut nutrients. In a Sept. 22 memo to state environmental commissioners and water directors, EPA Office of Water Deputy Assistant Administrator Joel Beauvais says that...