Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for...
In a warming climate, increased wildfire activity coupled with extreme rain events is causing significant erosion, leading to heightened sediment...
Press release from the US Tire Manufacturers Consortium U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) is pleased to share that members of its 6PPD Alternatives Analysis Consortium have received a Notice of Compliance from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)...
Pollutant control measures kept over 550,000 pounds of fine sediment out of lake in 2023 despite extended snowmelt period, new...
Nature-based solutions will also help reduce flood risk Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water...
By Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University The wildfires that burned across Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023 became the deadliest conflagration in the United States in more than a century. While the harm to homes and tourism drew the most attention,...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Despite back-to-back good water years, domestic wells are still drying up all across the valley...
Researchers are just beginning to unveil the hazardous mix of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals concealed within car and truck...
By Sarah C. P. Williams, Stanford News They keep scrambled eggs from sticking to Teflon pans, takeout food from leaking out of its cardboard box, and raincoats from soaking through. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a group of chemicals known as...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The California Integrated Report program staff are available to discuss any aspect of...
Warm Water in Delta Setting Stage for Another Catastrophe, Organization Warns Press release from the California Water Impact Network Huge...
Bacteria can cleave stubborn fluorine-to-carbon bonds in insidious water pollutants By David Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside environmental engineering team has discovered specific bacterial species that can destroy certain kinds of “forever chemicals,” a step further toward low-cost treatments...
A new study has unveiled surprising findings about mercury pollution: where it comes from and how it moves through the...
The San Diego Audubon Society calls for SeaWorld fireworks to end when dead eggs, chicks and adult elegant terns washed...
As part of the settlement, Butte County agreed to implement new stormwater source-control measures and best management practices following a major storm in 2019 that reportedly contaminated wetlands. By Michael Gennaro, Courthouse News Service A federal judge approved a consent...