water-quality

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

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...

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...

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

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 pond or wetland edge you've planted with sweet flag or cattails may already be quietly filter...

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

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

Wetlands near agricultural and mining areas are quietly accumulating toxic metals, and a tough, w...

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

A plant most pond-keepers wage war against turns out to be one of nature's most effective water p...

If your county applies treated sewage sludge to nearby pastures, the phosphorus washing off those...

Compost you buy at a garden center or spread from municipal sources may carry trace amounts of ph...

Wetland reeds you might plant along a pond edge turn out to be powerful enough to pull arsenic, c...

That humble mat of tiny floating plants covering your local pond could be engineered into a livin...

Waterways near old industrial sites and roads often carry invisible lead contamination that ends ...

If you're restoring a rain garden or bioswale near a road or old industrial site, common reed and...

Neonicotinoids sprayed on farm fields don't stay put — they leach through soil into the water you...

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

That bearded iris standing tall in your neighbor's garden border may soon be planted in rows alon...

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

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 ...

Contaminated runoff from old industrial sites and roadsides reaches urban waterways where water g...

A small, fast-growing water fern you can cultivate in a bucket could serve as a living pollution ...

Floating plant rafts planted with cattails are being used to clean up chromium-contaminated water...

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

The submerged plants quietly filtering heavy metals from contaminated ponds and ditches near you ...

The cattails and bulrushes lining your local pond or stormwater basin may be quietly pulling heav...

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...

If water hyacinth ever shows up in a pond near you, it can double its coverage in two weeks and c...

Herbicides sprayed on farm fields a county away can travel through groundwater and show up in the...

That green scum on your local lake or pond this summer may be fed not just by farm runoff, but by...

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

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...

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 ...

The pond at the edge of your community garden or local park — especially if it turns green with a...

The same organophosphate chemistry in common garden pesticides like malathion ends up in waterway...

Arsenic seeping from natural rock and agricultural runoff quietly contaminates wells and irrigati...

If you grow food with irrigation water sourced near fish farms or downstream waterways, both anti...

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...

Tebuconazole — the fungicide sprayed on roses, wheat, and turf grass — washes off fields and gard...

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

Mining runoff laced with flotation chemicals can leach into the same watersheds that feed your ga...

The bright synthetic dyes rinsed from clothes and factory waste end up in waterways where they bl...

Pesticides and fertilizers sprayed in your garden or on nearby farms eventually wash into waterwa...

The synthetic estrogen that passes through sewage treatment plants is quietly feminizing fish in ...

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

Runoff from old mines poisons streams and ponds near gardens and natural areas — this yeast-based...

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

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

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

Cleaner treated wastewater flowing back into rivers and streams means healthier aquatic ecosystem...

Persistent chemicals from everyday cosmetics — including PFAS and silicones — are accumulating in...

The groundwater under farms and gardens near old military bases or industrial sites often carries...

Textile dye runoff reaching waterways near your community can persist in soil and water for years...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

Metformin from millions of daily prescriptions is seeping into the water your garden draws from —...

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

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

The creek running through your neighborhood park carries hormone-disrupting chemicals from sewage...

Rotavirus and other gut pathogens thrive in the same contaminated water and poor sanitation condi...

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...