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In order to understand how water, and water pollution, move through groundwater, it helps to master a little vocabulary: Aquifer. An underground body of permeable rocks or sediments that is saturated ...
Bill Hunt, a professor of Biology and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University, has developed an easy-to-use computer model to predict how landscape impacts water pollution.
PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- The city of Painesville has received the necessary approvals on two upcoming water pollution control projects to allow financing through the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund ...
The project is estimated for completion in 2026. It is expected to filter 77 million gallons of water each year, according to Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon leading the project.
When the accountability project conducted its review, more than 150 Clean Water Act permits — which are supposed to be issued anew to facilities that discharge pollution every five years ...
Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution into waterways each year, according to regulatory data. NPR found that pollution is concentrated near places where people of color live.
Officials turned on the spigot of 3M money Wednesday, sending $700 million flowing into 14 east metro cities for water-quality projects.
Water pollution has a disproportionate effect on disadvantaged communities and communities of color, Nenn said. For instance, some more affluent communities who fish recreationally in the area ...