contaminants

California’s Looming Water Pollution Problem, Produced Water

Tom Frantz on his almond grove in Shafter, California. (Photo: Jonas Jungblut) In California's Central Valley, the oil industry has…

6 years ago

Water-Filter Pitchers Not Equally Effective at Removing Microcystins

Photo: Dr. Chaffin in the lab. (Credit: Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/2018/7a1my/water-quality-safe.) Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the toxins…

6 years ago

Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants

Reclaimed storm water may provide a local source of drinking water for parched communities. (MPCA Photos, via Flickr) UC Berkeley…

6 years ago

Upper Dublin parents asked to send kids to school with bottled water

HORSHAM, Pa. (WPVI) -- Parents are being asked to send their children to school with bottled water, and one state…

6 years ago

Report finds toxins in dozens of public water systems across the USA

Photo: US Environmental Protection Agency's Peter Grevatt and Cosmo Servidio listen to members of the public comment during a PFAS…

6 years ago