The Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since. The shift could indicate Earth's continents have entered a persistently drier phase.

But it was lower than the maximum concentration allowed by the EPA for drinking water, a limit meant to prevent high human ...

Nitrate levels in Basin groundwater are typically high, sometimes exceeding the Environmental Protection Administration’s 10 ppm safe drinking water maximum. Happily, this new water from the ...

Michigan and Florida require septic waste to be taken to municipal waste treatment systems. Wisconsin lawmakers need to enact ...

Extreme weather spurred by climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from ...

EPA says parts of Des Moines, Raccoon, Iowa, Cedar and S. Skunk rivers should be added to Iowa's impaired waters list because ...

Extreme weather spurred by climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from ...

Parameter total bound nitrogen (TNb) is a recognized limitation in the analysis of water for assessing and monitoring the ...

Also, efforts to clean up water are now “woke ... waterways and on to the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Also, Iowa has a ...

Water samples collected by the Steuben County Lakes Council and the Williams County Alliance, two environmental groups, show ...

On Wednesday, a ribbon-cutting was held in the Town of Wheaton to officially open a water refill station. Located at Wheaton Park, anyone in need of clean drinking water can fill their jugs with water ...

“There are times where the water is so bad you can’t even wash dishes,” said Ruiz, who is advised not to drink the tap water, which is laden with nitrates — runoff from ... water at home was when she ...