Department of Environmental Protection

Toilet to tap? Daytona Beach experiments with turning treated wastewater into drinking water

The city of Daytona Beach is part of a new pilot program to experiment with turning treated wastewater into drinking…

6 years ago

Environmental Groups Sue Newark Over Lead in Drinking Water

Photo by Gabriel Rocha/Flickr The Natural Resources Defense Council and Newark Education Workers Caucus have taken the city of Newark,…

6 years ago

New York City’s $1 Billion Leaking Water Infrastructure Repair

(Photo: The tunnel boring machine excavating the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel. Credit: NYC Water on YouTube) The world’s longest tunnel…

7 years ago

DEP using water insects to measure waterway health

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is making public aquatic life sampling results from across the state. The data is…

7 years ago

New Jersey Sets First Binding State Limits for Perfluorinated Chemicals in Drinking Water

Regulators adopt strictest standards in the nation. Photo: Groundwater in Salem County, New Jersey, has been contaminated by perfluorinated chemicals…

7 years ago