Regulation

EPA announces it will keep maximum contaminant levels for PFOA and PFOS

EPA announces it will keep maximum contaminant ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will keep the current National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)...

EPA announces it will keep maximum contaminant ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will keep the current National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)...

Leaked Water Resilience Strategy: Many positive elements but shifting PFAS burden to water service providers

Leaked Water Resilience Strategy: Many positive...

The Water Resilience Strategy due to be presented on 4 June is likely to contain many positive elements, according to a leaked version. The document rightly prioritises nature-based solutions and...

Leaked Water Resilience Strategy: Many positive...

The Water Resilience Strategy due to be presented on 4 June is likely to contain many positive elements, according to a leaked version. The document rightly prioritises nature-based solutions and...

Water condition analysis on the property during the issuance of a water permit

Water condition analysis on the property during...

At first glance, it may not be clear whether the issuance of a water permit requires consideration of whether its execution will impact the water condition on the property, more...

Water condition analysis on the property during...

At first glance, it may not be clear whether the issuance of a water permit requires consideration of whether its execution will impact the water condition on the property, more...

Study identifies strategies to mitigate laughing gas emissions during wastewater treatment

Study identifies strategies to mitigate laughin...

Laughing gas (nitrous oxide or N₂O) is primarily released by the microorganisms responsible for cleaning our wastewater. These microbes live in complex communities, with each group performing a...

Study identifies strategies to mitigate laughin...

Laughing gas (nitrous oxide or N₂O) is primarily released by the microorganisms responsible for cleaning our wastewater. These microbes live in complex communities, with each group performing a...

Sinking cities: The quiet crisis hitting urban America

Sinking cities: The quiet crisis hitting urban ...

Twenty-eight major U.S. cities, including New York, Dallas, and Seattle, are seeing urban areas sink by 2 to 10 millimeters per year, according to new research from Virginia Tech. The...

Sinking cities: The quiet crisis hitting urban ...

Twenty-eight major U.S. cities, including New York, Dallas, and Seattle, are seeing urban areas sink by 2 to 10 millimeters per year, according to new research from Virginia Tech. The...

Temperature, Precipitation Impact Water Fetching Time in Africa

Temperature, Precipitation Impact Water Fetchin...

In the arid and semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, access to clean and safe water remains a pervasive challenge that profoundly shapes the daily lives of millions. A groundbreaking study...

Temperature, Precipitation Impact Water Fetchin...

In the arid and semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, access to clean and safe water remains a pervasive challenge that profoundly shapes the daily lives of millions. A groundbreaking study...

Regulation

What sewage to water ratio are you comfortable with?

What sewage to water ratio are you comfortable with?

The recent flooding has got me thinking: I wonder how muc...

Fluoride: Why Is It in Our Drinking Water, and Is It Safe for Children?

Fluoride: Why Is It in Our Drinking Water, and Is It Safe for Children?

You're not alone if you have questions about fluoride in ...

Federal legislation seeks to shield water, wastewater utilities from PFAS costs

Federal legislation seeks to shield water, wastewater utilities from PFAS costs

By Hannah Grover Federal lawmakers are once again seeking...

How much raw sewage is released into rivers and the sea, and what are the rules?

How much raw sewage is released into rivers and the sea, and what are the rules?

Water companies can release untreated sewage into rivers ...

5 Takeaways From Our Reporting on Toxic Sludge Fertilizer

5 Takeaways From Our Reporting on Toxic Sludge Fertilizer

It is now studying the risks of PFAS in sludge fertilizer...

What The Attempts To Clean The Seine Reveal About Water Pollution Worldwide

What The Attempts To Clean The Seine Reveal About Water Pollution Worldwide

The Seine played a starring role in the 2024 Summer Olymp...

California’s new water recycling rules turn wastewater to tapwater. What this means for you

California’s new water recycling rules turn wastewater to tapwater. What this means for you

There are big implications for the Colorado River and boo...

Navigating the complexities of discharge regulations in industrial water/wastewater

Navigating the complexities of discharge regulations in industrial water/wastewater

A: Wastewater discharge regulations are highly complex, w...

Unregulated Industrial Contaminants Detected in Some U.S. Drinking Water

Unregulated Industrial Contaminants Detected in Some U.S. Drinking Water

Communities of color are more likely to have higher level...

Complaints spike over water companies’ failure to deal with environment concerns

Complaints spike over water companies’ failure to deal with environment concerns

Complaints to the water consumer watchdog at highest leve...

The Shocking Truth: Why Canadian Regulators are Lagging Behind

The Shocking Truth: Why Canadian Regulators are Lagging Behind

The chemicals — found in everything from cosmetics and c...

EPA acknowledges potential dangers from PFAS in sewage sludge

EPA acknowledges potential dangers from PFAS in sewage sludge

In a study published Tuesday, the EPA acknowledged that P...

Former Yoncalla water plant operator facing charges

Former Yoncalla water plant operator facing charges

YONCALLA — The former operator of the Yoncalla wastewater...

Trump picked Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. What will that mean for environmental policy?

Trump picked Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. What will that mean for environmental policy?

What to expect: deregulation justified as boosts for the ...

COP29: Governments, industry must up action on methane - DW

COP29: Governments, industry must up action on methane - DW

Greenhouse gas methane is behind a third of planetary hea...