Groundwater contamination Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

NOTICE of Proposed Rulemaking: California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 16, Underground Storage Tank Regulations

December 27, 2024 65

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has extended the 45-day public comment period for the proposed rulemaking...

FRESNOLAND: ‘It’s horrible.’ Fresno’s record-breaking settlement highlights region’s larger drinking water problem

Fresnoland

News

December 12, 2024 822

Efforts to hold chemical giants accountable have been hampered by state regulators’ failure to map the full extent of contamination,...

KFF HEALTH NEWS: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources

Maven

News

December 12, 2024 79

By Hannah Norman, KFF Health News Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or...

UC DAVIS: Extreme weather accelerates nitrate pollution in groundwater

UC Davis

News

November 13, 2024 344

Heavy rains can cause contamination in just 10 days By Amy Quinton, UC Davis Extreme weather spurred by climate change,...

ARMY CORPS: Cold war cleanup in the Central Valley

US Army Corps of Engineers

News

October 25, 2024 158

From the Army Corps of Engineers: Attacks by Germany and Japan thrust two emerging world powers — the Soviet Union...

USGS: Millions in the U.S. may rely on groundwater contaminated with PFAS for drinking water supplies

USGS

News

October 25, 2024 143

Estimates according to a new USGS predictive model. Exposure to some PFAS may lead to adverse health risks. Press release...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Monsanto will pay Los Angeles $35 million to settle lawsuit over contaminated waters

Courthouse News Service

News

October 11, 2024 138

For nearly 50 years, the agrochemical conglomerate was the sole producer of polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs in the United States....

THE CONVERSATION: Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

The Conversation

News

October 11, 2024 61

By Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source....

SJV WATER: Gov. Newsom signs trio of water bills to fix long-term water problems in tiny East Orosi

SJV Water

News

September 25, 2024 148

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Residents of East Orosi played host to Governor Gavin Newsom Tuesday, who briefly stopped in...

CAL MATTERS: Dangerous herbicide used on California crops banned

Cal Matters

News

August 8, 2024 270

The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk....

UC RIVERSIDE: Microbes found to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’

UC Riverside

News

July 18, 2024 304

Bacteria can cleave stubborn fluorine-to-carbon bonds in insidious water pollutants By David Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside environmental engineering...

PRESS RELEASE: Racial discrimination complaint names State Water Board as partly to blame for fertilizer contamination in Central Coast drinking wells

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Press Release/Other

March 22, 2024 546

Press release This week, Latino community groups were joined by Monterey Waterkeeper and the Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative...

CAL MATTERS: What happens when a rural area’s only well is contaminated?

Cal Matters

News

November 21, 2021

By Rebecca Sohn, Cal Matters In the spring of 2013, Jocelyn Walters and her partners moved Nativearth, their small shoe...

AG ALERT: New fertilizer management tools aid desert growers

Ag Alert

News

November 10, 2021

By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Three years of studies on commercial fields point to the conclusion that many desert region...

CAL MATTERS: An entire California town is without running water — in a heat wave

Cal Matters

News

August 3, 2021

A rural Central Valley community is without running water during a heat wave, prompting authorities to haul in bottles and...