GADSDEN, Ala.—The coal ash lagoon at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden was supposed to be a model for how to close ash ponds by covering them in place, a process utilities insisted would protect human ...

Accelerating sea level rise has also meant a rise in shallow fresh groundwater in California, putting water supplies at risk from exposure to pollution. Scientists employed a new method to assess that ...

A state-appointed panel of agricultural and academic experts is urging California regulators to move toward region-specific limits for on-farm nitrogen use, as groundwater contamination from farming ...

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 ...

The toxic byproduct left after coal is burned for electricity is often stored in ponds or landfills near power plants.

The water problem at Pinyon Plain uranium mine, near the Grand Canyon continues. More than 80 million gallons were pumped out ...

Thisura Ilukgoda Gedara, a Kansas State University graduate student, samples water from a family’s well in Pratt County, Kansas, in 2024. Nitrate pollution, mostly from chemical fertilizer, has become ...

Checks by law enforcement agencies continue in the Sarno river basin area and its tributaries, with a focus between Solofra ...