Recent reporting from Zachary Matson at the Adirondack Explorer looks at who uses the most water and how a changing climate ...

Learn how sewage pollution affects rivers, and how you can help by using chemical-free products and conserving water.

The state's seven year old septic system reimbursement program has proved inaccessible for some lakeside communities in ...

To save a coastal wetlands, county officials worry Florida Power & Light is jeopardizing the ongoing clean-up of a saltwater ...

The river supplies about 60 percent of drinking water to Philadelphia ... which can change water’s oxygen levels for fish and block sunlight from underwater plants. Currently, there are ...

Thousands of students walk past the aquarium by Marston Science Library’s third-floor elevators every week. Some worn-out ...

The planned drawdown of Detroit Lake could bring major complications for the drinking water systems in Salem and Stayton.

Young children, elderly folks and immunocompromised people can all drink the tap water ... and birds that simply drink water won’t be affected, but animals like fish, turtles and frogs that ...

“There are options for both supplying drinking water needs and protecting the environment ... Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife in 2004, Public Works Department deputy ...

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So we cannot be sure that some of these compounds aren't getting into our drinking water.' The study on roach stocks from ten rivers found nearly half of male fish had eggs in their testes or ...