Tag: water

While 80 percent of wastewater in the world is not treated, even in developed countries treatment facilities are often unable to filter out dangerous bugs.

The move, said one attorney, "shows disregard for the integrity of the Clean Water Act and undermines the rights of tribes and states to review and reject dirty fossil fuel projects that threaten their water."

Environmental and public health advocates have long criticized policy makers for failing to regulate these chemicals. 

Even if the city has clean water, many people still struggle to accept that they’re being told the truth this time. 

Access to a safe and affordable water supply and sewer services is codified in the U.N.‘s Human Right to Water and Sanitation.

It's in your sink...

A new study has mapped out the regions where conservation actions can maximize the protection of biodiversity, carbon stocks, and water, while a separate study has identified regions of the world where land animals are most at threat.

Our rivers and streams have become a soup of hundreds of drugs—mostly pharmaceuticals—that come from the treated water released from wastewater facilities.

The current extreme fluctuation in precipitation across the globe is due in large part to climate change.

The natural gas pipeline already has hundreds of water quality violations. Opponents are hopeful the EPA’s warning brings the project’s cancelation closer.