Oregon regulators would gain new powers to enter private rural properties under a bill that aims to make the state government more proactive in preventing groundwater pollution. Senate Bill 1154 would ...

Leaking underground storage tanks remain a leading cause of groundwater pollution even after more than a half-million sites have been cleaned up. Roughly 81 million people live within a quarter-mile ...

A 39-page amendment added to the bill Friday neutralizes the power it would have brought to state agencies to enforce pollution regulations, groups said. FILE- Gov. Tina Kotek on May 3, 2023 at the ...

Hotter summers and a burgeoning state population have made Texas’ water supply more important than ever, but groundwater contaminants remain a critical issue for state water authorities to address.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wichita community has reached an important goal in its effort to help the people who live near the 29th and Grove groundwater contamination site. The Kansas Health ...

CASCO, Wis. - When Tyler Frye purchased his home in 2020, he saw the Casco area in Kewaunee County as the perfect place for him and his fiancée to start a family. The house was new, in a just-built ...

When: Friday, Oct. 2, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Why: Contamination above permitted state levels was detected in monitoring wells outside the property boundaries of the landfill. The contaminants include cadmium, ...

The questions of what smog is, what we are doing to curtail it, and what our responsibility is are important. It is a ...

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Texas agencies reported 252 new cases of groundwater contamination during 2023 in the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee annual report. The latest report compiles 2,870 open cases of groundwater ...