May 25, 2026

This Week's Water News:  St. Charles city passes ban on data centers, toxic algae closes two lake beaches in Missouri, EPA provides funding to address forever chemicals while rescinding certain PFAS regulations for drinking water, a new beach near completion in northeast Missouri, federal investments in forestry and wetland conservation, a bill to require revegetation in Colorado following water removal, upset residents following Potomac River sewage spill, Minnesota sues 3M again, and allowing the Mississippi and Missouri River confluence area to flood at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area

MISSOURI
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Confluence Allowed to Flood
Conservationists will let the Mississippi-Missouri Confluence Flood - And That’s Good
Stl NPR

St. Charles passes a ban on data centers
St. Charles passes a ban on data centers
STLPR

Toxic Algae Closes Two Lake Beaches
Toxic Algae Closes Two Lake Beaches in Missouri
Ozarks First

New Beach Project Nears Completion
Missouri State Park Crews Finishing New Beach Project at Thousand Hills
3 KTVO

Millions Provided from EPA to Address ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water
Kansas, Missouri get Millions from EPA to Address ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water
FOX 4

NATIONAL
Forest Service Invests $80M
Forest Service invests $80M in Forest Legacy conservation
USDA.Gov

Revegetation Bill Will Shape how Colorado Cities Buy-and-Dry Farm Water
Revegetation Bill Will Shape how Colorado Cities Buy-and-Dry Farm Water
The Colorado Sun

EPA Rescinds Certain PFAS Drinking Water Regulations
EPA to Formally Rescind Certain PFAS Drinking Water Regulations
Waste Dive

More than $67 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuges
Interior Department Announces More than $67 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuges
U.S. Department of the Interior 

Minnesota Sues 3M Again over PFAS Pollution
Minnesota Sues 3M Again Over PFAS Pollution Near Mississippi River
KSTP

Glen Echo Residents Press Officials After Potomac River Sewage Spill
‘It’s Putrid!’: Glen Echo Residents Press Officials After Potomac River Sewage Spill
Maryland Matters