Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga and Gwen Malden Charitable Trust launch new contemporary art commissions The opportunity will see four artists each receive $10,000.
U.S. EPA launches a Kickapoo River watershed study VILLAGE TREATMENT PLANTS up and down the Kickapoo River Valley could benefit from a study launched recently by U.S. EPA. The study aims to identify non-engineering solutions to the phosphorous limit problems the local utilities have been experiencing in recent years.
KICKAPOO RIVER VALLEY - Cissy Ma, research engineer with U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development in Cincinnati, Ohio, led a virtual kick-off meeting for a ‘Kickapoo River Watershed Integrated Management Study’ on Thursday, Feb. 4 The project was first explored at a meeting held in Readstown in 2019.
“Compliance with limits on phosphorous and other nutrients puts pressure on small, often rural communities, because of the financial and technical challenges,” Ma explained to the group of nearly 30 researchers and conservations professionals participating in the meeting. “Additionally, the increased flood risk re