The nonprofit Environmental Working Group’s new nationwide tap water database shows Michigan and U.S. water systems have a number of...
Getting to clean water: Complex problem, no easy solutions
photo: Friends of the Mississippi River executive director Whitney Clark pours water from the Mississippi River into a tube used...
Walking in Memphis — Above a Coal Ash Cesspool
The groundwater beneath the Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal-fired Allen Fossil Plant in southwest Memphis — only two miles from the...
Groundwater wells: concern as Wisconsin reduces regulations
NEW RICHMOND, Wisconsin Owners of wells that pump more than 100,000 gallons of water a day are no longer subject...
Septic systems are a major source of emerging contaminants in drinking water
Credit: Silent Spring Institute A new analysis shows that septic systems in the United States routinely discharge pharmaceuticals, consumer product...