The former Gelman Sciences Inc. contamination includes 1,4-dioxane, which can cause cancer and liver and kidney damage.

Leaking underground storage tanks remain a leading cause of groundwater pollution even after more than a half-million sites have been cleaned up. Roughly 81 million people live within a quarter-mile ...

Oregon regulators would gain new powers to enter private rural properties under a bill that aims to make the state government more proactive in preventing groundwater pollution. Senate Bill 1154 would ...

More than 10 years after environmental groups petitioned for a new rule, the state plans to require the Central Valley Water ...

Legislators have just passed a groundwater protection bill that many nonprofit groups working on groundwater contamination said was too watered down to make a real difference. Gov. Tina Kotek backed ...

GADSDEN, Ala.—The coal ash lagoon at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden was supposed to be a model for how to close ash ponds by covering them in place, a process utilities insisted would protect human ...

Hotter summers and a burgeoning state population have made Texas’ water supply more important than ever, but groundwater contaminants remain a critical issue for state water authorities to address.

Well, I didn’t realize, actually, no, you still have to worry about your water.” State records show that Stanislaus County has about 20,000 water wells, with nearly half used domestically. Those wells ...

Free health testing related to past groundwater contamination is now available for people with direct connections to the area commonly known as 29th and Grove, in northeast Wichita and nearby ...

Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of surrounding lakes and the Mississippi River downstream.

This story was originally published by Sentient. The three environmental groups that filed the lawsuit say that the existing policy has failed to curb contamination in the state’s drinking water, ...