Report Spotlights Nitrate Contamination in Drinking Water Across the USA

7 years ago

Photo: iStock/Charlie Bishop Scientists have known for decades that drinking water contaminated by fertilizer nitrates can pose a threat to…

Reinventing Flush Toilets

7 years ago

Traditional flush toilets aren’t an option in many parts of the world, but neither is leaving people with unsafe and…

Private water wells in Texas test positive for contamination after Harvey

7 years ago

Nearly 60 percent of samples from 50 private water wells in Harris County tested positive for the bacteria sometimes found…

3 [more?] Surprising Ways Water Depends on Healthy Forests

7 years ago

Healthy forests are critical to providing clean water. Forests can positively impact the quantity, quality and filtration costs associated with…

Six Ways to Prevent Water Damage This Winter

7 years ago

If the worst happens, your homeowners insurance will cover leaks and burst pipes, or water that comes into your home…

Puerto Rico is becoming a textbook example of how waterborne disease outbreaks spread

7 years ago

The disaster in Puerto Rico wrought by hurricane Maria is still unraveling one month after it hit. Most of the…

ACLU Wants Flint Kids Screened for Impact of Lead

7 years ago

Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan want a federal judge to order state and Flint education officials…

Water use rises as drought restrictions fade from memory

7 years ago

In the months after Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to California's five-year drought, water use in the state has…

11-Year-Old Just Developed New Sensor to Detect Lead in Tap Water

7 years ago

Photograph courtesy of 3M Proving kids are awesome. She was just named "America's Next Top Scientist." The water crisis in…

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Halts Commercial Aquarium Fishing

7 years ago

Blue-lined butterflyfish are native to the Hawaiian Islands. Used by source article with permission. Protections for Reefs and Native Hawaiians…