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News and Alerts May 28, 2009: The Partnership's 2009 spring
report on Door County waters by Peter Sigmann, Partnership Coordinator CLICK
HERE TO READ THE REPORT March 5, 2009: The New York Times writes
about the EPA's "Designed for Earth" formulator partnership program. A
labeling program that helps you purchase earth friendly products,
especially phosphate free cleaning products. CLICK
HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE February 4, 2009: Wisconsin Lakes Association publishes web page with information and news on state legislation to ban phosphorus in lawn fertilizers. A very thorough information source on the subject. Click below to link to this web page. CLICK HERE TO
LINK TO WISCONSIN LAKES ASSOCIATION
CLICK HERE TO
READ THE PRESS RELEASE _____________________________ January 28, 2009: Help control Megafarm run
off. Press release from Wisconsin Environment asks for your help by Feb
4th CLICK HERE TO READ THE PRESS RELEASE _____________________________ JANUARY 21, 2009: The Costs of Phosphorus Pollution CLICK HERE TO
READ THE PRESS RELEASE _____________________________ JANUARY 21, 2009: Sweden Leading the Way in Personal Phosphorus Recycling CLICK HERE TO
READ THE PRESS RELEASE JUNE 30, 2008: Phosphate Partnership Sees
Positive Strides for Phosphate Reduction CLICK HERE
TO READ THE PRESS RELEASE
_______________________________ OCTOBER 20, 2007:
Partnership Releases Phosphate Readings for Door County Waters CLICK HERE TO READ THE PRESS
RELEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW/DOWNLOAD THE
GRAPHS &TABLES SPECIAL
ALERT—August 30, 2007 ___________________________________
We have monitored phosphate in Green Bay waters of Door
County since the year 2000 and have found progressively increasing
phosphate concentrations. Frequently we see Phosphate-Phosphorus
levels > 1.67 mg/l=ppm or 1670 ppb. This compares to average levels
in Green Bay in the 1990's of 157 ppb. In 2000 the EPA defined 0.01 ppm
or 10 ppb as critical concentration for surface waters. By Ralph Valatka, Shady Nook Creative Services Under the leadership of Door Property Owners (DPO), nine area organizations have joined forces to improve the quality of Door County's waters. Calling themselves The Partnership for Phosphate Reduction, they have set as their first goal the reduction of phosphates entering county surface waters from two sources: automatic dishwasher detergents and fertilizers. Founders of The Partnership for Phosphate Reduction include: Bay Shore Property Owners Association, Door County Environmental Council, Door Property Owners, Friends of Toft Point, Glidden Drive Association, League of Women Voters, Little Sturgeon Area Property Owners Association, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin and the Whitefish Bay Association. At the helm of the organization is Peter Sigmann of Door Property Owners. Joining Sigmann from DPO are Rich Dirks, Pat Miller and Bob Stracka, along with a small army of volunteers from the other founding organizations. The group plans to monitor phosphate levels in Door County waters and wage a campaign of public awareness and retail activism to encourage Door residents toward using some phosphate-free products. "We're not trying to ban phosphates," said Sigmann, "We are promoting phosphate reduction. We only want to eliminate two major sources of this pollution: phosphates in dishwasher detergent and fertilizers. If we can do this, we hope it will make a major impact on reducing the amount of 'green stuff' that's floating abundantly in our waters because phosphate feeds it· it fuels aquatic plants like cladophora." The group has already started measuring phosphates in Green Bay and Lake Michigan waters in order to set base-line measurements that will be used to determine the effectiveness of their campaign. They are also coordinating efforts with current studies measuring e-coli at Door County beaches. The Partnership for Phosphate Reduction welcomes additional organizations and individuals to take part in their effort. For
further information contact: Peter Sigmann at (920) 824-5193 or at |
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