Fresh water

U.S. Steel dumps more toxic chromium near Lake Michigan, faces lawsuit

Six months after U.S. Steel dumped a plume of toxic metal into a Lake Michigan tributary, the company quietly reported…

7 years ago

Water under Colorado’s Eastern Plains running dry as farmers irrigate “great American desert”

WRAY — Colorado farmers who defied nature’s limits and nourished a pastoral paradise by irrigating drought-prone prairie are pushing ahead…

7 years ago

Water warriors worldwide putting privatised water back in people’s hands

Around the world, people are waking up to the threat of privatised water and are taking it back from the…

7 years ago

Colorado River v. State of Colorado

In a First-in-the-USA Federal Lawsuit, River Seeks Recognition of its Legal Rights to Exist, Restoration Contact: Mari Margil, Director, CELDF’s…

7 years ago

U.S. and Mexico set to sign landmark Colorado River water-sharing deal

The Colorado River provides water for seven western states and Mexico. Heavily overallocated and ravaged by years of drought, the…

7 years ago

Owners of private water wells should test well after floods

Texas Well Owner Network photo Owners of private water wells whose wells flooded from the recent rains should assume that…

7 years ago

North Carolina sues company accused of polluting Cape Fear River

Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration is suing a manufacturer accused of dumping pollutants into the river that serves as the main…

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

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

7 years ago

Water Hole: No running water on Navajo Nation reservation

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

7 years ago

The Effects Of Mercury On Water – such as Methylmercury

Mercury never goes away. It just gets moved around, changing from one chemical form to another, with water playing a…

7 years ago