Water pollution can also lead to water-borne diseases for people using polluted water for drinking, bathing, washing or irrigation. Water pollution can be classified as surface water pollution (for ...

NC’s Environmental Management Commission has been leery of setting new PFAS rules for surface water. Now, it could ask ...

Groundwater starts as precipitation, just as surface water does, and once water penetrates the ground ... While some groundwater contaminants are naturally occurring, unfortunately, the majority of ...

municipal and mining activities ultimately enter the marine environment through surface water and groundwater. To assist Member States in addressing coastal and marine pollution, the IAEA has ...

The Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland covers contaminated land, groundwater, surface water, sediment, vegetation, air pollution, public health, industry practices and institutional issues.

A new study found that specific insecticides, called neonicotinoids, were found at high concentrations in some ground and surface water sources that could affect drinking water.

Pesticides have been found in high concentrations in ground and surface water sources in Minnesota, not only posing a risk to local wildlife but possibly also contaminating drinking water for many of ...

Officers said they had stopped the pollution and their investigation continued Pollution has been discharged into the River Arun at Horsham from a surface water drain, the Environment Agency (EA ...

A recent study highlights the severe environmental risks posed by brick kilns in Punjab, revealing heavy metal contamination ...

Several Kansas counties are seeing a dramatic increase in groundwater contamination. The region’s nitrate pollution comes ...

China's air quality and surface water quality has continued to improve in the first three quarters of this year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced on Tuesday.

Good chemical status means the water is free of excessive pollution from chemical nutrients and toxic substances like PFAS and microplastics. Surface water is threatened by air pollution — such ...