Over-allocation of water, chronic groundwater depletion, pollution and climate change have pushed the world into a drastic ...

With swelling demand straining its antique wastewater infrastructure, it’s no wonder Fort Myers has water pollution problems. Fecal bacteria in its creeks, fountains "of raw sewage”, dirty ...

Governor silent amidst mounting calls to reign in industrial agriculture-linked water pollution, fund statewide water quality monitoring ...

Owners of a large Addison County dairy farm already found liable for polluting a neighbor’s land want to expand, raising concerns that increased runoff could damage a public water supply and worsen ...

Florida has more than 2 million septic systems, writes environmental scientist Iuliia Istratiy, and the runoff from them has become one of the state’s most persistent polluters.

A recent study published in the journal Atherosclerosis reviewed the links between water and soil pollution and human health. Clean water and healthy soil are essential to human health, well-being, ...

In an effort to increase education and awareness of water quality and water pollution problems, a number of county organizations partnered up enlist the community in creative ways to address these ...

A journalist and a farmer visit three fields with different styles of cultivation — conventional, organic and no-till — to bury cotton underwear in each. Though this sounds like the beginning of a bad ...

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. This includes misguided single-use plastic bans (e.g., bans on plastic ...

Management of the earth's water resources was among the issues discussed at the politically charged United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, which concluded this week in Johannesburg.