In an effort to increase education and awareness of water quality and water pollution problems, a number of county organizations partnered up enlist the community in creative ways to address these ...

A journalist and a farmer visit three fields with different styles of cultivation — conventional, organic and no-till — to bury cotton underwear in each. Though this sounds like the beginning of a bad ...

With swelling demand straining its antique wastewater infrastructure, it’s no wonder Fort Myers has water pollution problems. Fecal bacteria in its creeks, fountains "of raw sewage”, dirty ...

Florida has more than 2 million septic systems, writes environmental scientist Iuliia Istratiy, and the runoff from them has become one of the state’s most persistent polluters.

Layered up for the winter weather, donning rubber boots and headlamps, a crew of four volunteers — mostly retirees — headed out on a 43-degree evening in December to test for water pollution at three ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant water ...