Can Seawalls Save Us?

1 year ago

Huge coastal barriers could protect the world’s cities. But they’ll have unexpected costs. Pacifica, California, just south of San Francisco, is…

The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn’t Set Safety Limits on Them

1 year ago

Credit: Illustration by Micha Huigen, special to ProPublica The inaction on regulating contaminants — including those that likely cause cancer,…

State agency proposing use of recycled water to meet demands

1 year ago

The Central Arizona Project provides a steady supply of Colorado River water from Parker Dam to the Phoenix metropolitan area.…

EPA Restarts Assessment of Health Risks from Nitrate in Water

1 year ago

The agency will evaluate the hazards from agriculture’s primary water pollutant. Farming regions in northeastern Nebraska and elsewhere have some…

CRISPR Technology Rapidly Identifies Chinook Salmon Run Type

1 year ago

Photo: Adult Chinook belonging to different runs. Bringing the Lab to the Field Perhaps the most essential skill for any…

Reclamation and Sites Project Authority plans to create new water storage in Northern California

1 year ago

Sites Reservoir would increase California’s existing water supply by providing 1.5 million acre-feet of additional storage capacity to the state…

EPA Plans Rulemaking on Tire Chemical 6PPD That Pollutes Bodies of Water

1 year ago

Action triggered by petition concerning indirect impact on salmon habitats EPA officials say a chemical used in tire production reacts…

Trash On Monterey Bay Shoreline Threatens Ecosystem: NOAA

1 year ago

Waves rhythmically come ashore at a Santa Cruz beach near the mouth of the marina, in Santa Cruz, Calif. (Bea…

Monitoring Aquatic Weed Control Methods to Preserve, Restore, and Enhance the Tahoe Keys Lagoons

1 year ago

While Lake Tahoe’s crystalline azure has lasted for eons, the changes wrought by past land uses in the basin have…

San Mateo County schools’ drinking water contaminated with nitrate

1 year ago

Image from October shows a beaker filled with water from the faucet at Pescadero Middle/High School in Pescadero, Calif. KGO-TV…