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.

one segment on the Raccoon River and one segment on the South Skunk River as exceeding the nitrate and nitrate plus nitrite water quality standards associated with the drinking water use. The letter ...

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