Water Pollution

Mine spill forces water cutbacks in north Mexico

Mine spill forces water cutbacks in north Mexico

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2014 11:41 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2014 file photo, algae is seen near the City of Toledo water intake crib in Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. Environmentalists, scientists and farmers agree that agriculture runoff is feeding the blue-green algae blooms on Lake Erie that are linked to the toxins found in the drinking water of 400,000 people last weekend. But how much of a role do the farms play? Researchers know some of the answers, yet there are still many unknowns. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Farms are focus of studies on drinking water toxin

John Seewer · August 10, 2014 3:22 pm

N.Y. AG reaches clean water agreement with NYC

N.Y. AG reaches clean water agreement with NYC

Bryan Cohen · August 4, 2014 5:20 pm

Algae is seen near the City of Toledo water intake crib, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, in Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. More tests are needed to ensure that toxins are out of Toledo's water supply, the mayor said Sunday, instructing the 400,000 people in the region to avoid drinking tap water for a second day. Toledo officials issued the warning early Saturday after tests at one treatment plant showed two sample readings for microsystin above the standard for consumption, possibly because of algae on Lake Erie. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Ohio city to continue water ban after new tests

John Seewer · August 4, 2014 7:52 am

Aundrea Simmons stands next to her minivan with cases of bottled water she bought after Toledo warned residents not to use its water, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 in Toledo, Ohio. About 400,000 people in and around Ohio's fourth-largest city were warned not to drink or use its water after tests revealed the presence of a toxin possibly from algae on Lake Erie. (AP Photo John Seewer)

Energy and Environment

Don’t drink the water, says 4th-largest Ohio city

John Seewer · August 3, 2014 2:21 am

Mary Ellen Kavanaugh, and her children Abby, second from left, Grace and Owen, right, of Windsor, help carry water jugs to St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Detroit, Thursday, July 24, 2014, for a water station being set up to help Detroit residents who need water. A small group of Canadians brought 1,000 liters (264 gallons) of water from Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit to protest thousands of residential service shutoffs by Detroit's water department. (AP Photo)

Eau Canada: Caravan totes water to Detroit

Washington Examiner · July 25, 2014 12:16 am

Ohio pushes to end sediment dumping into Lake Erie

Ohio pushes to end sediment dumping into Lake Erie

John Seewer · July 20, 2014 12:32 pm

Maine AG files suit against EPA over water quality standards

Energy and Environment

Maine AG files suit against EPA over water quality standards

Bryan Cohen · July 9, 2014 7:22 pm

Energy and Environment

Proposed EPA water rule lights up Capitol Hill fireworks

Zack Colman · July 8, 2014 8:57 pm

Correction: California Water-Ballot Measure story

Correction: California Water-Ballot Measure story

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 11:45 pm

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 15 AND THEREAFTER - This photo taken June 9, 2014 shows a horse named Primo grazing in front of the home of local resident Joann Aramillo, with an oil and gas rig on a well pad visible a few hundred yards away, top right, in New Castle, a small farming and ranching settlement on the Western Slope of the Rockies, in Colo. Four in 10 new oil and gas wells near national forests and fragile watersheds or otherwise identified as higher pollution risks escape federal inspection, unchecked by an agency struggling to keep pace with America's drilling boom, according to an Associated Press review that shows wide state-by-state disparities in safety checks. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Feds aren’t inspecting 4 in 10 higher-risk wells

HOPE YENTHOMAS PEIPERT · June 16, 2014 5:33 pm

In this photo taken on May 28, 2014, Helen Henderson, a project manager for the American Littoral Society, demonstrates a new smart phone app developed for the group that lets people quickly and easily report water pollution or other marine environmental problems to authorities at a marina in Brick, N.J. The project was paid for by a $325,000 federal grant that came from fines levied on water polluters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Phone app lets citizens report water pollution

Wayne Parry · May 31, 2014 8:02 pm