March 14, 2012--Groundwater nitrate contamination grows in California farm...
Nitrate contamination of groundwater in some of the state's most intensely farmed regions has grown worse in recent decades and will continue to spread, threatening the drinking water supplies of more...
View ArticleMarch 21, 2013--Forest stream study traces nitrates (Summit Voice)
Nitrates are increasing even in some pristine forest streams in the mountain West and the South, while declining in the Pacific Northwest, in the Northeast, and in Puerto Rico, according to a new study...
View ArticleApril 19, 2013--California failed to spend millions on water projects, EPA...
California has failed to spend $455 million of federal money meant to improve water infrastructure in the state, while thousands of people rely on groundwater laced with nitrates and other...
View ArticleJune 23, 2014--849,610 pounds of toxic chemicals released into Colorado...
Industrial polluters released 849,610 pounds of toxic chemicals into Colorado waterways in 2012, according to a report drawn from federal data. The most prevalent chemical — nitrates — causes algae...
View ArticleOctober 25, 2014--Unsafe drinking water adds to California's drought misery...
California is digging deep to get the drinking water it needs after one of the state's worst droughts on record. The problem is that the groundwater it is using is unsafe for nearly 800,000 residents,...
View ArticleJanuary 17, 2015--Earth’s ‘planetary boundaries’ disrupted by human...
Human activities have “dangerously compromised” four of the nine processes that are crucial to maintaining the stability of the planet, warns an international team of researchers .read more
View ArticleJanuary 24, 2015--Report: Farming and urban growth are polluting America’s...
Farming and urban growth, two forces that are reshaping the land surface, are also changing the chemistry and physical properties of the nation’s aquifers, leading to greater concentrations of natural...
View ArticleJune 7, 2016--USGS map reveals long-term changes in America’s groundwater...
Chloride and nitrate concentrations are rising and arsenic levels are holding steady or falling. Those are two of the conclusions from a U.S. Geological Survey assessment of changes in the nation’s...
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