ARMY CORPS: Cold war cleanup in the Central Valley US Army Corps of Engineers Groundwater News October 25, 2024From 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 Groundwater News October 25, 2024Estimates 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 Policy and regulationWater quality October 11, 2024For 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 Water quality October 11, 2024By 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 Policy and regulation September 25, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Residents of East Orosi played host to Governor Gavin Newsom Tuesday, who briefly stopped in...
CAL MATTERS: ‘I won’t let them drink the water’: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater quality September 10, 2024Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for...
CAL MATTERS: Dangerous herbicide used on California crops banned Cal Matters Groundwater News August 8, 2024The 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 Water quality July 18, 2024Bacteria 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 Water qualityWater rights and water law March 22, 2024Press release This week, Latino community groups were joined by Monterey Waterkeeper and the Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative...
SJV WATER: North Kern Water District discusses nitrate compliance options SJV Water Groundwater News January 25, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water The main topic at the January 2024 meeting of the North Kern Water District was...
SJV WATER: Domestic wells still going dry in San Joaquin Valley towns as historically low groundwater levels are slow to rebound SJV Water Groundwater News June 8, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The small town of Tooleville ran out of water and started receiving water hauled in...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Arsenic Contaminates Private Drinking Water Wells Across the Western Great Basin Desert Research Institute Groundwater News February 21, 2023A new study maps risk of elevated arsenic levels in groundwater wells across Northern Nevada, Northeastern California, and Western Utah...
STATELINE: Climate Change is Pushing Toxic Chemicals into Drinking Wells Stateline Groundwater NewsWater qualityWildfires and watersheds April 28, 2022By Erika Bolstad, Stateline Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires...
CAL MATTERS: What happens when a rural area’s only well is contaminated? Cal Matters Policy and regulation November 21, 2021By 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 Water quality November 10, 2021By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Three years of studies on commercial fields point to the conclusion that many desert region...
