SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — To avoid having someone write 'wash me' on your vehicle, you can either take it to a car wash, use a mobile detail service, or lather up the suds yourself. Whatever you ...

Open Access Government explores the issue of water pollution and its severe implications for public health and the ...

Green, brown, black, foamy. That’s how residents of Tijuana neighborhoods downhill from factories describe the water flowing down their streets into the Tijuana River watershed — and not just when ...

The Raccoon River weaves past downtown Des Moines. One of the primary drinking water sources for the region, the river has high nitrate levels that have led to water restrictions for some 600,000 ...

Paula Stigler Granados and Angel Granados, both San Diego State professors, wear respirators while standing near the Tijuana River. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The Times) Researchers have found that ...

Algae blooms in bodies of water, like this duck week on a pond, can be caused by fertilizer runoff. Courtesy Johnson County Extension After conducting a soil test, home gardeners are often raring to ...

The Division of Water has awarded the Bourbon County city of Millersburg a $296,000 Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse ...

COACHELLA VALLEY, CA — The Salton Sea Air Basin has become one of the most polluted areas in the nation, and new research indicates that agricultural runoff could be to blame for a worsening air ...

MOUND, Minn. — Stormwater drains are getting extra work this year, and with more rainfall in the forecast this week, it's put certain a problem front and center. So how can we reduce stormwater runoff ...

A new nitrate-monitoring “lab-on-a-drone” allows for easy, real-time water sampling and analysis in hard-to-reach areas like steep ditches or swampy lowlands.

Hampton Roads waterways are protected by pollution limits called TMDLs. Experts explain how they work, why they matter, and ...