Juneau Empire

EPA threatens to step in if Alaska does not update its water pollution limit

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is prodding the state of Alaska over its failure to update water pollution rules. On Thursday, the EPA issued a formal determination that the state should ...
Alaska Public Media

How much fish do Alaskans eat? Enough to require new water pollution rules, EPA says

Water washes over fish in a subsistence net on Kanakanak Beach (Brian Venua/KDLG) Alaskans eat a lot of fish. So many, in fact, that the federal government announced Thursday that the state needs to ...
Alaska Public Media

New Alaska water quality rules are coming. Here's what that could mean for wastewater systems.

New rules for wastewater are on the horizon for Alaska. The EPA has given the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation six to 12 months to update the state’s water quality standards, and the ...
Circle of Blue

Alaska Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty

Seldovia, Alaska — a quintessential sleepy fishing town on the southern edge of the Kenai Peninsula — starts to wake up around late May. By then, the first salmon are running. Water taxis come and go.