Groundwater
Feb 27 2020
The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) filed a lawsuit against per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufacturers for making and selling…
Feb 18 2020
Washington state has put forth a proposal to ban water bottling companies from tapping spring-fed sources.
The proposal is one of several efforts to…
Nov 7 2019
Coleto Creek Power Plant in Goliad, Texas is among 16 coal plants in the state allegedly responsible for contaminating nearby groundwater with…
Nov 5 2019
The state of Alaska, city of North Pole and Flint Hills Resources are suing Williams Alaska Petroleum for spills of hazardous chemicals that seeped…
Oct 20 2019
One of Hobas Pipe’s first fiberglass pipes manufactured in its Houston, Texas, plant in 1987 still is in use and still exceeds ASTM standards. This…
Aug 23 2019
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Aug 20 2019
Dane County, Wis., residents are still feeling the effects of flooding in 2018.
According to WMTV, the impact on the county’s groundwater caused…
Aug 19 2019
In Richland, Wash., a new test project at the Hanford Nuclear site is contaminating groundwater with chromium in hopes to speed up an expected 50-…
Aug 15 2019
In Suffolk County, N.Y., a $4 billion plan will transition the county away from cesspools and septic systems so as to reduce nitrogen pollution in…
Aug 7 2019
In Sierra Vista, Ariz., despite low levels in the San Pedro River, cottonwood trees are unaffected at the height of the dry season in June.
Summer…
Aug 5 2019
The discovery of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) decades ago ushered in an entirely new and diverse family of chemicals. The strong…
Aug 5 2019
It seems that most people first began to realize there are serious water problems in the U.S. when news of Flint, Mich., broke. However, the country’…
Jul 24 2019
A San Francisco, Calif., groundwater recycling project plans to save 30 million gal of drinking water annually by cleaning dirty groundwater for…
Jul 23 2019
Domestics wells in the U.S. are in danger of drying out due to groundwater depletion, according to a 50-year well depth trend study published in…
Jul 22 2019
In St. Petersburg, Fla., robots could help fix the wastewater system.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, the robots may soon be crawling in sewage…
Jul 18 2019
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) approved nine alternatives to Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) to meet Sustainable…
Jul 10 2019
The U.S. EPA awarded $959,049 to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) to protect the environment and human health. According to an EPA…
Jul 10 2019
Groundwater in Australia has been contributing carbon to food webs—an interconnection of food chains in an ecological community—through surface water…
Jul 9 2019
Black & Veatch and Brown and Caldwell are collaborating on a water sustainability project in Winter Haven, Fla. According to a Brown and Caldwell…
Jul 8 2019
A California water district developed a groundwater trading project that could help farmers in the area with state restrictions for over pumping…
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