At WEFTEC 2011, which overlapped with the 39th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, several U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) officials discussed the pressing issues the water profession faces today. "Water quality managers across the country have done an extraordinary job in reducing pollution and introducing pollution controls in the last 30 years," said Ephraim King, director of the EPA's Office of Science and Technology,"... but the challenges we face moving forward are equally if not more challenging than the ones we met in the last four decades." "We've had a really good run, but I think we're starting to plateau and lose ground," said Nancy Stoner, acting assistant administrator at EPA's Office of Water. "Now more than ever, those of us who work in this field together need to find a common ground. We can work together."
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