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EPA UPGRADES WATERSHED INDICATORS

Release Date: 04/29/99
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1999

EPA UPGRADES WATERSHED INDICATORS


EPA has recently upgraded its Index of Watershed Indicators, an Internet-based compilation of 16 primary indicators used to characterize the health of the nation’s waters. The new version updates six of the original fifteen indicators and adds atmospheric deposition estimates for nitrogen. The Index provides watershed assessments through available information on surface and ground waters, drinking water sources, wetlands, runoff, fish advisories, contaminated sediments as well as other indicators. EPA first released the index as a public right-to-know initiative in October l997. The new version 1.3 is available at: https://www.epa.gov/surf2/iwi/update/


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