Archive for April 2025
What is a TMDL?
Studies conducted years after the implementation of the Clean Water Act, it is evident that our rivers, lakes, streams, and estuaries are currently experiencing a higher level of cleanliness. Even though we have made considerable progress in reducing water pollution from industrial facilities and associated urbanization, our waterbodies are still being harmed by scattered non-point…
Read MoreHappy Earth Day from KCI!
Earth Day began 51 years ago on April 22, 1970, as a movement to honor earth and bring awareness to the importance of protecting its precious resources. Since then, Earth Day has been expanded and stimulated by the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Clean Water Act, both of which advocate the importance…
Read MoreRecreational Boating and the Environment
Tourism has become Florida’s leading industry attracting millions of visitors annually to the Sunshine state’s beautiful beaches, wonderful state parks, lakes, wildlife, boating, and fishing. In fact, Florida is considered to be the Saltwater fishing capital of the world. This is due to the over 4 million Fish and Wildlife Conservation licensed anglers and thousands…
Read MoreDid you Perform your Quarterly Discharge Monitoring Report?
Is your industrial facility permitted under the Multi-Sector Generic Permit for Stormwater Discharge (MSGP)? Are you in Year 2 or Year 4 of your permit? If the answer to these two questions is a yes, then you may be required to submit what is known as an analytical monitoring, or Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR). DMR’s are to…
Read MoreSector Q – Water Transportation Facilities
Florida is known as the sunshine state for fun, vacation, and adventure. People come from all over the world to enjoy the sun, the soft sand, and perhaps, a day on the beach somewhere along Florida’s 825 miles of coastline. Florida’s beaches have become the state’s most valuable natural resources, and with good reason. There…
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