IMAGE: During flash flooding, water treatment systems can become overwhelmed, allowing untreated effluent and household chemicals to flow into local...
NOAA: 40% of Lake Okeechobee covered in harmful algae
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates 40 percent of Lake Okeechobee is now covered in a harmful blue-green algae...
Derailed Train Spills 230,000 Gallons of Crude Into Flooded Iowa River
A train derailment spilled 230,000 gallons of crude oil into an already-flooded Iowa river Friday, endangering downstream drinking water, the...
Washington state to use dog to detect invasive mussels on boats
This photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows a group of zebra mussels. Government officials are cracking down...
Beekeeping preserves wetlands in Algeria
The Wetlands Complex of Guerbès-Sanhadja in Algeria. With an area of 42,100 hectares and 40 million m3 of water reserves...