Groundwater
Nov 13 2018
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) actions in Hawaii led to closure of 10 large-capacity cesspools (LCCs) and over $640,000 in fines,…
Nov 12 2018
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will be assisted by a $48,000 grant to help the city of Carl Junction in evaluating its wastewater…
Nov 8 2018
In New York, officials in Southampton are unconvinced a former town landfill in East Quogue is the source of drinking water contamination in the area…
Nov 7 2018
In South Lake Tahoe, Calif., water providers are planning to host a meeting on Nov. 7 to update the community on a toxic underground plume. According…
Nov 5 2018
In Armenia, Wis., the groundwater is laced with contaminants. According to The New York Times, people refuse to drink it, they won’t brush their…
Nov 5 2018
The city of Warren, Ohio, has filed a lawsuit in Trumbull County Common Pleas court alleging the county owes up to $3 million in unpaid sewer bills,…
Oct 26 2018
A new app was launched on Oct. 23, that displays nearby clean drinking water locations so you can refill your water bottle. According to Fox 2 Now,…
Oct 19 2018
University of California (U.C.) researchers have seem to found a fault in state law, suggests it may prohibit diverting streamflow to recharge…
Oct 18 2018
A new study of groundwater use involving White Bear Lake shows residential irrigation and other groundwater uses have little impact on the lake level…
Oct 17 2018
A report says at least 21 cities in India could be facing a water crisis within the next two years as groundwater is depleted. The resulting…
Oct 16 2018
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) is now working on the contaminated groundwater in Wedron, Ill. The U.S. Environmental…
Oct 10 2018
The Pittsfield, Mass., city council is demanding answers from Massachusetts state and federal government about toxic chemicals in the city…
Oct 9 2018
San Francisco water officials said they are testing drinking water in the city’s Sunset District after a report from a customer who said her water “…
Oct 8 2018
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) finalized a $19.5 million cleanup plan for the Fair Lawn Field Superfund in Fair Lawn, N.J.…
Oct 4 2018
Groundwater use around Little Rock Creek, Minn. is up, and that could have effects on trout habitat and other parts of the watershed.
According to…
Oct 4 2018
Researchers at the University of Texas say there is “no link” between natural gas fracking and elevated levels of methane found in North Texas water…
Sep 26 2018
Federal court decisions over groundwater pollution liability have created what a law professor calls “a spaghetti jungle” that the Supreme Court must…
Sep 20 2018
The Detroit Public Schools Community District shut off water across more than 100 school buildings in the area after elevated levels of lead and…
May 9 2018
The North Orange County Groundwater Basin has long been mired in conflict between the business community present there and the Orange County Water…
Dec 4 2017
Mountaire Farms, a poultry processing company in southern Delaware, has provided bottled water to residents surrounding the farm’s processing plant…
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