Waste Management – Virginia Water Central News Grouper

February 22, 2018

Water in the 2018 Virginia General Assembly: Coal Ash Management Bills

This is one of a series of posts on particular water-related bills in the 2018 Virginia General Assembly. For an inventory of about water-related bills in the 2018 General Assembly, please visit the Virginia Water Resources Research Center’s “Virginia Water Legislation” page, online at http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/virginia-water-legislation/. Each post includes a summary of the bill(s), their legislative… Continue reading

2018 Virginia General Assembly, Coal and Water, Energy, Waste Management

December 5, 2017

Biosolids Study by Virginia’s JLARC Released October 10, 2017

On October 20, 2017, Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) released “Land Application of Biosolids and Industrial Residuals,” a 101-page report called for by the 2016 Virginia General Assembly (HJ 120, online at http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?161+sum+HJ120). The full report, a summary, and the list of recommendations are available online at http://jlarc.virginia.gov/landing-biosolids-2017.asp. Following is the overview… Continue reading

Land Use, Waste Management, Wastewater

December 4, 2017

Dominion Energy’s Virginia Coal Ash Storage Ponds Options Evaluated in Report Released Dec. 1, 2017; Report was Mandated by SB 1398 in 2017 Virginia General Assembly

On December 1, 2017, Dominion Energy released an 846-page report on options for the company to address its coal combustion by-products, also called coal ash, stored in ponds at four coal-fired power plants in Virginia. The report was mandated by Senate Bill 1398 in the 2017 Virginia General Assembly (online at http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=171&typ=bil&val=sb1398), which stated that… Continue reading

2017 Virginia General Assembly, Coal and Water, Energy, Waste Management

June 20, 2017

Virginia Solid Waste Report for 2016 Data Issued on June 20, 2017, by Va. DEQ

On June 20, 2017, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released its 20th annual report on solid waste management in Virginia, covering municipal solid waste, construction and demolition debris, vegetative and yard waste, and other types of waste collected in 2016 at 202 permitted facilities. The total amount of solid waste received at Virginia… Continue reading

Waste Management

June 7, 2017

Virginia Campground Regulations Undergoing Periodic Review in 2016-17; Public Hearing Held June 20, 2017, in Richmond

In summer 2017, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Board of Health are considering revisions to the Commonwealth’s regulations governing campgrounds, including regulations for water supplies, wastewater facilities, solid-waste disposal, swimming facilities, pest control, and other environmental health aspects. A public hearing on the proposed regulations was held June 20, 2017, at the… Continue reading

Land Use, Laws&Regs, Waste Management, Wastewater, Water Supply

March 30, 2017

Virginia Toxics Release Inventory Report for 2015 Data Released March 30, 2017, by Va. DEQ

On March 30, 2017, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced publication of the latest annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), covering data reported for 2015. The report for 2015 data, along with reports for data years back to 2007, is available online at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Air/AirQualityPlanningEmissions/SARATitleIII/SARA313ToxicsReleaseInventory.aspx. According to the 2015 report’s Executive Summary, this year’s report… Continue reading

Waste Management

March 23, 2017

Water in the 2017 Virginia General Assembly: Coal Ash Management Bills – Updated 4/27/17

This is one of a series of posts on particular water-related bills in the 2017 Virginia General Assembly. For an inventory of about 160 water-related bills in the 2017 General Assembly, please visit the Virginia Water Resources Research Center’s “Virginia Water Legislation” page, online at http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/virginia-water-legislation/. Each post includes a summary of the bill(s), their… Continue reading

2017 Virginia General Assembly, Coal and Water, Energy, Waste Management

March 13, 2017

Virginia’s and the Nation’s Infrastructure Gets Graded by the American Society of Civil Engineers – 2017 Edition

Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publishes a “report card” on the state of engineered infrastructure in the United States. The report covers infrastructure in aviation, bridges, dams, drinking water, energy, hazardous waste, inland waterways, levees, ports, public parks and recreation, rail, roads, school facilities, solid waste, transit, and wastewater. The… Continue reading

Boats&Ships, Dams, Drinking Water, Education, Energy, Land Use, Stormwater, Waste Management, Wastewater, Water and Economics, Water Supply, Water-related Infrastructure

August 31, 2016

Hurricane Creek Coal-waste “Gob” Pile in Russell County, Va., Nearing Clean-up as of August 2016

On August 30, 2016, Dominion Virginia Power reported the approaching finish of a two-year project to clean up a 12-acre, 1-million-ton pile of coal waste—known as a “gob” pile, for “garbage of bituminous”—beside Dumps Creek (a Clinch River tributary) near the Russell County, Va., town of Carbo. Known as the Hurricane Creek gob pile, the… Continue reading

Coal and Water, Energy, Waste Management, Water Quality and Habitat in Virginia’s Southern Rivers

August 15, 2016

An Ambitious Effort to Clean the Oceans of Plastic

Boyan Slat of the Netherlands is leading a project called “The Ocean Cleanup,” aiming to employ passive barriers to collect plastic moved by the world’s ocean currents. An estimated nine million tons of plastic reach the oceans annually. Mr. Slat’s ambitious project is described in a PBS NewsHour segment, “Can this project clean up millions… Continue reading

Oceans, Waste Management