water-quality

It means the phosphorus that would otherwise pollute your local waterways could instead end up ba...

Microplastics from your garden runoff, local parks, and stormwater drains end up in rivers and ev...

Cadmium and fungicide runoff from nearby farms can quietly contaminate the water used to irrigate...

Wetland plants filtering the runoff from your local park or agricultural fields are quietly being...

PFAS chemicals are already showing up in drinking water, garden soil, and the food supply — and t...

Waterways near farms — and the parks, wetlands, and drinking water sources downstream — are quiet...

Wetland plants growing along contaminated streams or drainage ditches near old industrial sites a...

That murky blue water you've seen downstream from textile factories could be cleaned using the sa...

Pig farm runoff is one of the leading causes of algae blooms that choke lakes and rivers, and thi...

Cadmium from industrial runoff can reach the streams, rivers, and reservoirs that feed our drinki...

Runoff from fertilized lawns and farms overloads local ponds and streams with phosphorus, trigger...

If your vegetable garden is irrigated with well water from a fluoride-prone aquifer, the leafy gr...

Lotus plants grown in polluted ponds — including ornamental water gardens — can accumulate toxic ...

The rivers and lakes near petroleum pipelines that feed your city's water supply could one day be...

Algae and salt-tolerant plants growing in coastal ponds or runoff channels could naturally strip ...

The banana peels and carrot tops you toss in the compost could be quietly solving one of fashion'...

Arsenic leaching from soil into groundwater ends up in irrigation water, quietly accumulating in ...

Cadmium quietly accumulates in urban garden soils, former orchard land, and lots near old industr...

Runoff from lawns and farm fields carries both plastic particles and herbicides into the same str...

If your water source near an industrial or nuclear site is even slightly contaminated, the way yo...

Trace levels of blood pressure drugs in rivers and streams are silently accumulating in the water...

Algae and aquatic plants growing in the polluted pond or reservoir near you could soon be harvest...

Constructed wetlands — the same reed-and-sedge systems used in stormwater gardens and ecological ...

Pig farms near your community release wastewater loaded with antibiotics that can seep into soil ...

PFAS 'forever chemicals' from non-stick cookware, food packaging, and industrial runoff are now d...

Rivers flowing through Ghana's farming regions are now laced with mining chemicals, meaning the c...

The creek or pond near your garden accumulates invisible petroleum compounds from road runoff and...

Textile and industrial dye pollution contaminates rivers and groundwater that irrigate gardens an...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can contaminate the soil and water used to grow your food, and this...

Nitrogen-laden water that gets released from wastewater plants feeds algae blooms in rivers and l...

Sulfonamide antibiotics flushed into waterways end up in the irrigation water and soil of farms a...

The tiny algae living in ponds and streams near your neighborhood are early-warning indicators of...

Poorly treated wastewater from mountain cities can flow downstream into rivers and lakes, causing...

Pharmaceuticals you flush and the pesticides used in nearby fields — including herbicides like be...

Textile dye runoff that reaches rivers and streams blocks sunlight and poisons the water that irr...

The pond at the edge of your local park is almost certainly receiving antibiotic runoff from near...

Ibuprofen flushed down drains ends up in rivers and irrigation water, meaning the painkillers in ...

Shellfish from Chilean fjords — mussels, clams, oysters — become toxic during these algal blooms,...

Metformin washes off farms and gardens through runoff and irrigation water, accumulating in soils...

Same wastewater that irrigates community gardens, parks, and agricultural fields carries antibiot...

Treated wastewater increasingly flows into rivers and irrigation canals that feed vegetable farms...

Landfill leachate seeping into surrounding soil can silently load heavy metals like arsenic into ...

Sewage sludge is widely applied to agricultural fields as fertilizer, meaning the antibiotic resi...

Coal chemical wastewater discharged into rivers and soil can poison the groundwater feeding your ...

Wastewater monitoring is increasingly used to track pesticide runoff and agricultural chemical us...