Hotter summers and a burgeoning state population have made Texas’ water supply more important than ever, but groundwater contaminants remain a critical issue for state water authorities to address.

Mercury, PFAS and other harmful pollutants have for years emanated off the BASF Wyandotte plant's property through groundwater into the Detroit River The company is working with U.S. EPA on a ...

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 ...

When Morrow County declared a state of emergency in 2022 over the high levels of nitrates found in the Lower Umatilla Basin’s groundwater, the long-term response to the crisis was a jumble of local ...

Researchers explain how nitrate from farming and fish ponds moves through water and pollutes freshwater lakes.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Story spent five nights last week reporting on the groundwater crisis in eastern Oregon's Lower Umatilla Basin, where decades of commercial food production have contaminated the ...

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UC Davis researchers insert a device that continuously collects water samples underground, providing real-time data on nitrate contaminant movement. (Isaya Kisekka / UC Davis) Extreme weather spurred ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A class action lawsuit filed by a group of Oregonians is accusing a local utility company and a creamery of “dangerous” nitrate pollution in residents’ well water. The lawsuit, ...

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A man was hospitalized after he was shot twice during an argument on the Northwest Side. Man hospitalized after argument escalates to shooting on Northwest Side, SAPD says Read full article: Man ...