EPA researching freshwater mussels as biofilters in PA, MD and WV

7 years ago

The Environmental Protection Agency today announced a new project to develop innovative methods to improve our understanding of the distribution…

Scheme to pump water to L.A. could destroy the Mojave Desert

7 years ago

Photo: An endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of an eastern Mojave Desert road near Ivanpah, California, on Sept.…

Water Hole: No running water on Navajo Nation reservation

7 years ago

Navajo Nation members have scarce access to running water in Monument Valley, which spans Arizona and Utah. (Photo by Ethan…

Don’t Bother Using Hot Water to Wash Your Laundry

7 years ago

Old laundry habits are hard to kick. But washers have changed, so have laundry detergents and you no longer have…

Millions consumed potentially unsafe drinking water in the past 10 years

7 years ago

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a “D” grade for the quality of its drinking water systems…

Pesticide Chemical Spill Kills Tens of Thousands of Fish in Virginia

7 years ago

File photo via Jason Mintzner/Shutterstock, via Alternet.org The agricultural industry’s chemical purveyors, Monsanto included, pride themselves on being “sustainable,” but…

Watershed group’s “blanket” approach to erosion control

7 years ago

Members of the Nashwaak Watershed Association install an erosion control blanket on the riverbank. (Joe McDonald/CBC News) Two of the…

Lawsuit Dismissal Spells Bad News for Iowa Water Quality

7 years ago

Central Iowans got bad news about the quality of their drinking water on Friday when a federal judge dismissed a…

How to strip 99 per cent of BPA from water in 30 minutes

7 years ago

“We’ve solved a billion-dollar research problem,” says Collins. “This treatment can be done by anyone, anywhere, on any quantity of…

Company benefited from secret budget, refuses to disclose chemicals for Jordan Lake

7 years ago

Marc Alperin with UNC-CH Marine Sciences examines a sediment core collected from the bottom of Jordan Lake. (Photo Credit: UNC…