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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . There's good news and bad news about water-quality trends in the nation's rivers. The good news is that bacteria levels are decreasing because of new sewage treatment plants, and lead concentrations are generally decreasing because of reduced lead in gasoline. The study looked at 24 measures of water quality taken at 380 sampling stations in two nationwide monitoring networks during the period 1974-1981. This is a conclusion the government, and traditional environmentalists, have in the past refused to face.