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DIRECTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
WATERSHED TOOLKIT
Jefferson G. Edgens, Associate Editor
(jedgens@ca.uky.edu)
Science is at the heart of sound public policy and, thus, part
of the watershed toolkit. Lack of sound science has created
water quality problems rather than solving them allege some
of the authors – MTBE and the application of sewage sludge
are two cases in point. News stories and feature articles in
this issue cite examples of why it is important to follow scientific
principles before embarking on aggressive and costly
water quality regulations.
2 New Directions in the Development of the Watershed
Toolkit: Better Science Makes Better Policy
Jefferson G. Edgens (jedgens@ca.uky.edu)
Public policy hinges on scientific rigor and critical analysis – all
part of sound water policy for the future. This article ties the
variety of pieces in this issue together.
News Items
3 MTBE: The Water-Polluting Genie EPA Knowingly Let
Out of the Bottle
Tom Randall (trandall@winningreen.com)
Lack of scientific knowledge and eagerness to find an oxygenate
has led to ground water contamination.
5 Army Corps of Engineers
Gretchen Randall (grandall@winningreen.com)
Profiles the problems with Corps’ reform.
7 EPA Program to Clean Water Moves Pathogens to Land:
Agency Forced to Reevaluate Rule
Tom Randall (trandall@winningreen.com)
Biosolid field application is called into question as a human
health hazard.
9 TMDL: EPA Muddies the Nation’s Waters
Bonner R. Cohen (cohen@lexingtoninstitute.org)
Excellent recap of the TMDL rules.
11 Blue Baby Syndrome & Nitrates: New Research Casts
Doubt on an Old Regulation
Alex Avery (aavery@rica.net)
Nitrogen as a cause of blue baby syndrome is reexamined.
Point/Counterpoint
15 Point – Water Marketing: The Other Side of the Coin
S. Ansley Samson (asamson@earthjustice.org)
Sydney T. Bacchus (sbacchus@arches.uga.edu)
Response to the Clay Landry article (May 2000) on water markets.
17 Counterpoint – Agriculture and Water Markets in the
New Millennium
Clay J. Landry (Landry@perc.org)
Response to Samson and Bacchus.
Feature Articles
19 MSU-WATER (Watershed Action Through Education and
Research)
Scott G. Witter (witter@msu.edu)
Ruth Kline-Robach, Fred Poston, & Michael J. Lang
Michigan State University’s watershed management plans
showcased.
23 The New Watershed Tools: Genuine Steel or Chrome-
Plated Plastic?
Richard A. Halpern (halpern@intelos.net)
Halpern warns the profession about water quality modeling and
its utility to drive public policy.
Volume 2 • Number 6 • November 2000
Editorial Staff
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
N. EARL SPANGENBERG (espangen@uwsp.edu)
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,
Stevens Point,WI
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
PETER E. BLACK (peblack@syr.edu)
SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY
ERICH P. DITSCHMAN (ditschman@mcnamee.com)
McNamee, Porter & Seeley, Inc., Lansing, MI
JEFFERSON G. EDGENS (jedgens@ca.uky.edu)
University of Kentucky, Jackson, KY
JOHN H. HERRING (JHERRING@dos.state.ny.us)
NYS Department of State, Albany, NY
JONATHAN JONES (krwright@wrightwater.com)
Wright Water Engineers, Denver, CO
RICHARD H. MCCUEN (rhmccuen@eng.umd.edu)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
CHARLES W. SLAUGHTER (cslaugh@ars.pn.usbr.gov)
NW Watershed Research Center, Boise, ID
ROBERT C. WARD (rcw@lamar.colostate.edu)
Colorado Water Res. Research Institute
Ft. Collins, CO
▲ Employment
Opportunities . .14,16,18,22,26,35
▲ AWRA Business
28 A Word From Our President
29 Herbert Scholarship Winners, 2000
29 JAWRA Papers / October 2000
30 Review of Summer Specialty Conference
31 Proceedings Order Form
▲ Water Resources Puzzler . . . . . .32
▲ Water Resources Continuing
Education Opportunities
33 Meetings and Workshops
36 Calls for Abstracts
▲ Future Issues of IMPACT . . . . . .36
▲ AWRA Technical Committee
Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
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