Water Pollution

As part of a new anti-water pollution initiative, the use of wet wipes is being banned from England Pampers In a major move to reduce plastic waste, the United Kingdom has announced a ban on wet wipes, a popular household item often used for personal hygiene and cleaning. Environment minister…

Manure spreading on agricultural field. Credit: UW-Madison’s Nutrient & Pest Management (NPM) Program Animal agriculture is a major source of water pollution in the United States, as manure runoff carries excess nutrients into rivers and lakes. Because of their non-point source nature, most farms are not regulated under the federal…

Britvic-owned brand worked with Canary Wharf Group to create the WasteShark. by Charlotte Rawlings Sign in to continue Register Limited free articles a month Free email bulletins Register Now Subscribe to The Knowledge To receive full access to Campaign's content including: Unrestricted access to all The Information and The Knowledge…

Submitted by American Farm B... on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 03:06 American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on EPA’s issuance of yet another Waters of the United States Rule, which will replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.    Credit: Eric Kelsey, Used With Permission    American Farm Bureau…

Australia's highest snow resort has been convicted and ordered to pay more than $200,000 for failing to stop its sewerage treatment plant from polluting waterways in Kosciuszko National Park. Toby Vue joined The Canberra Times in April 2021 and is a court reporter after covering the round in NSW and…

New research from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in conjunction with partners from Austria and the Netherlands, has highlighted an unseen issue with plastic pollution: The researchers have found that the amount of plastic pollution may be under-reported, and we are suffering from multiple blind spots regarding the amount…

When a blaze ignited Ohio’s Cuyahoga River on June 22, 1969, it wasn’t the first—or worst—time the notoriously filthy waterway had caught fire. But national media outlets seized on it as a stark example of the abysmal state of the nation’s waters after decades of unchecked industrial and sewage pollution.…

HAYWARD, CA — The City of Hayward (City) is making significant improvements at its Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) to serve a growing population, rehabilitate aging infrastructure, and improve the quality of purified water released to the San Francisco Bay. Known as the "Heart of the Bay," Hayward is the…

By Angie Brown BBC Scotland News Image caption, Signs at Portobello beach say "bird poo contributes to water pollution" Posters warning people at Scottish beaches not to feed seagulls as "bird poo contributes to water pollution" have been challenged by ornithology experts. The signs are part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's…

Excessive housing development contributes to algae in watercoursesA nutrient mitigation scheme to be established by Natural England will allow local planning authorities to grant planning permission for new developments in areas with nutrient pollution issues. The scheme will create new wetlands and woodlands, funded by developers, most of whom are…