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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Assistant Ad- ministrator signed a Federal Register notice on August 19, 2005, re- questing comment on a preliminary plan for the 2006 -07 effluent guidelines planning cycle. The plan describes the agency's ap- proach to revising or developing effluent guidelines over the com- ing years. You can find a pre - publication version of the FR Notice on EPA's Web site at www.epa.gov /guide /plan.htmi. Latest Edition of Standard Methods for Water and Wastewater Published Three prominent water and public health organizations, the American Public Health Associa- tion (APHA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Water Environ- ment Federation (WEF), have announced the release of the 21 st edition of the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater guide. Standard Methods has served as the definitive water - quality testing guide since 1905. Standard Methods far the ExaminaHOn of water and Wastewater WhaYS New The Centennial Edition provides more than 400 sepa- rate methods of water- quality measurements used by scien- tists, analysts, and engineers, including 104 revised meth- ods, 23 new methods, and 16 EPA - approved methods. The guide also contains dozens of full -color pages of aquatic algae illustration and more than 300 illustrated figures. Physical and aggregate properties, metals, in- organic nonmetallic constituents, aggregate organic constituents; individual organic compounds, radioactivity, toxicity, microbio- logical examination, and biologi- cal examination are covered. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater can be ordered online from the AWWA book- store at www.awwa.org or via telephone at (800) 926 -7337. A companion, online, subscrip- tion -based service is available at www.StandardMethods.org. Above: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the city of Kansas City, Missouri, studies the effects of combined sewer overflows and wastewater effluent on the water quality of Brush Creek and the Blue River. Photo courtesy of Don Wilkison, USGS. New Section 319 Nonpoint Source Success Stories Web Site Posted A new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Web site, Section 319 Nonpoint Source Success Stories, was recently launched. The Web site features projects receiving grant funds from the Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Program that have achieved documented water quality improvements, including the achievement of water quality standards and removal from state Section 303(d) lists of im- paired waters. The Web site initially includes 18 sto- ries, and an additional 10 new stories will be posted on the Web site. You can visit this new Web site at www.epa.gov /nps /success /. For more information, contact Stacie Craddock at (202) 566 -1204 or by e -mail at craddock.stacie0epa.gov.