A state-appointed panel of agricultural and academic experts is urging California regulators to move toward region-specific limits for on-farm nitrogen use, as groundwater contamination from farming ...

Many unincorporated and disadvantaged communities of the Central Valley are not connected to public water systems and rely on groundwater from shallow domestic wells for water. These marginalized ...

The presence of nitrate anions in freshwater and groundwater systems has become a global environmental and public health concern. Nitrate originates primarily from agricultural fertiliser application, ...

Sentient reports nearly 20% of Americans are drinking nitrate-contaminated water, which poses serious health risks linked to ...

After shuttering two wells for recurring nitrate contamination, the riverside community of Princeton may face yet another ...

WEAVER, Minn. — Even in retirement from a hydrology career, Paul Wotzka keeps tabs on soil layers in southeastern Minnesota’s bluff country. “We have a groundwater sensitive parameter down here,” ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Four Morrow County residents have filed a class action lawsuit against Oregon's Tillamook dairy company and Portland General Electric for their alleged contributions to worsening ...

New legislation in Wisconsin would require the state to notify local governments of groundwater contamination. The bill aims to inform private well owners about contaminants like PFAS and nitrate ...