In 1987 the federal government and states around the bay agreed to reduce these flows by 40 percent by the year 2000 to restore water quality. But this effort relied on voluntary action and failed ...

Central Iowa Water Works claims farm fertilizers are to blame for the higher nitrate levels in the rivers that supply drinking water to central Iowa residents. Due to the levels, crews couldn’t keep ...

It’s a type of plan that environmentalists, scientists and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says can be a ...

Stream restoration aims to reduce water pollution. Luke Weir Dec 14, 2020 Dec 14, 2020; 0 ... presenting the challenge of acquiring right-of-way easements from landowners, ...

Shockingly, about 80% of this pollution originates from land, not from people dumping waste at sea. Steps to reduce plastic waste Switch to reusable bags: Use cloth or tote bags instead of plastic ...

Most states submitted plans to reduce planet-warming pollution to unlock federal grant money, and they proposed projects to get started. This week, the Biden administration announced the winners.

Four local projects are among the nine statewide awarded a total of $19 million in Virginia DEQ grants aimed at reducing water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Pay-For-Outcomes ...