Campaign group worry that drilling could pollute aquifer which supplies drinking water.

Background Drinking water is a major source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure in contaminated communities. Even after mitigation, residents may still have elevated serum PFAS ...

The federal contract will continue scientific work on polluted Virgin Islands waters, including studies that determine how much contamination specific bays and coastal areas can ...

On the banks of Nagdaha, a polluted and lotus-infested lake in Nepal, Soni Pradhanang is putting trash back into the water—on purpose. She carefully assembles a platform of styrofoam and bamboo mats, ...

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency in a ruling on Tuesday involving a wastewater treatment facility owned by the city of San ...

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South West Water was fined nearly £8m for hundreds of sewage spills over six years.

The Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that rivers that only flow in response to weather events—called ephemeral streams—do not fall under the protection of the Clean Water Act. Research published in the ...

The protest took place in Leysdown-on-Sea, Kent, today, as more than 315,000 people signed a petition calling for the water industry to be returned to public ownership.