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                      High Water Marks
                      SALUiS? PROTECTORS OF OUR NATION'S WATERS
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION III WATER PROGRAMS
                      A Record-Setting Year in water enforcement yielded nationally
                      significant settlements to control ALCOSAN CSOs, Merck Co.
                      drinking water spills, Massey Energy coal mine discharges, and
                      storm water pollution from 4 national Homebuilder industries.
                      Massey yielded the largest Clean Water Act penalty for effluent
                      violations in history. ($20 million)

                      The Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund program completed
                      its 2oth year of low interest loans for infrastructure support.
                      $2.84 billion in federal support along with state matching funds
                      built 4,676 projects totaling $5.47 billion and financed point and
                      non point source programs, implementing TMDL and watershed
                      plans, returning systems to compliance and achieving
                      environmental results.

                      Implementation of the WaterSense Program placed Region 3
                      at the forefront nationally signing up 170 promotional partners
                      in the water efficiency program out of 275 nationally, conserving
                      precious water resources, energy and infrastructure
                      replacement costs.
                                                               Outstanding partnerships in the Delaware River basin yieldet.
                                                               Christina Basin Clean Water Partnership TWIG grant work,
                                                               a comprehensive Benthic and water quality Survey for
                                                               the Estuary, and State of the Basin and Estuary Reports which
                                                               communicate leading indicators of the health of water resources.

                                                               The EPA/Perdue Clean Water Environmental Initiative expanded
                                                               to the 13 states in Regions 3/4, providing compliance assurance,
                                                               enhanced assessment and environmental management of
                                                               over 1650 poultry growing operations and a national
                                                               innovation model.
                                                               The NPDES CAFO Targeting effort used a ground-breaking
                                                               system to identify poultry farms which are a significant source
                                                               of nutrients/pathogens to waters and estuaries. The targeting
                                                               system led to the identity of nearly all poultry farms in MD and
                                                               DE in its first year leading to more successful inspections, state
                                                               negotiations for program enhancements, and greater public
                                                               awareness of this threat to sensitive waterbodies.

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