Oregon regulators would gain new powers to enter private rural properties under a bill that aims to make the state government more proactive in preventing groundwater pollution. Senate Bill 1154 would ...

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.

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 ...

Concern about polluting water supplies began over 100 years ago when the industrial revolution resulted in noticeable changes in the quality of surface waters. Because groundwater was generally ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to target polluted groundwater in the latest phase of its yearslong cleanup at a Gibbsboro Superfund site. The effort already has removed more than 100 ...

PHOENIX — For more than 25 years, a groundwater aquifer in an industrial area in central Phoenix has been contaminated. That changed after the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) ...