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Strength of New EPA Lead Rule Depends on Accountability

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Expert panel recommendations are criticized for lacking teeth. Photo…

Septic Systems Contaminate Drinking Water Wells on Cape Cod

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Pharmaceuticals, flame retardants, and other organic compounds found in small concentrations in household drinking water.

Preventing CAFO Water Pollution Not An EPA Priority

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Inspections continued to decline in 2015. Photo © J.…

Septic System Pollution Contributes to Disease Outbreaks

More research and funding is needed to help understand the severity By…

Great Lakes States Take Halting Steps Toward Water Protections

Governments in the nation’s most water-rich region are responding…

Infographic: Nitrogen Pollution Is Killing Long Island Ecosystems

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Seagrass, shellfish, wetlands, and fish are dying in the Peconic…

Ecosystems Are Dying as Long Island Contends With a Nitrogen Bomb

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Septic systems and nitrogen pollution are killing the island's…

In Oakland, Still A City With Thorns, A New Garden Emerges (Part II)

Quality of life and economy thrive with greater care for water,…

California Closes 33 Injection Wells Used to Dump Oilfield Waste into Aquifers

Hundreds more wells face closure in the next 16 months, while…

America’s Spreading Septic Threat

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Failing septic systems produce disease outbreaks, algae blooms,…

Healthy Soils Reduce Water Pollution

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Absorbent soils yields big benefits for air and water. By…

While South Carolina Floods, U.S. Wrestles With Urban Stormwater

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Lawsuit requires EPA to address one of the largest water pollution sources in the country.