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Despite the control measures and regulations in place, industrial water pollution is still a problem in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that thousands of ...

Concerns about monitoring and managing chemicals at Arlington County’s Water Pollution Control Plant have prompted a public hearing this week. The hearing is a follow-up to a public comment period ...

10 Organizations Petition Federal Court Over EPA’s Abandonment of Rules to Reduce Pollution from Meat Processing Industry Washington, D.C. – A coalition of 10 organizations filed a federal lawsuit ...

Detection of northward-drifting contamination out of the Tijuana River prompted the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality Monday to issue a water pollution advisory for a ...

People living and working in Herefordshire say ongoing pollution in the river Lugg is causing "significant damage" to the ...

As Earth warms due to climate change, the ground isn't staying frozen as consistently in many places.

The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's ...

President Donald Trump exempted U.S. Air Force training in Nevada, Idaho and Oregon from all requirements about water pollution for one year.

Off the coast of Indonesia, the Philippines, and dozens of other tropical nations, coral reefs sit inside boundaries drawn ...