A journalist and a farmer visit three fields with different styles of cultivation — conventional, organic and no-till — to bury cotton underwear in each. Though this sounds like the beginning of a bad ...

In an effort to increase education and awareness of water quality and water pollution problems, a number of county organizations partnered up enlist the community in creative ways to address these ...

People from rural communities and businesses say areas are being left "devastated" as the company that oversees Northern Ireland's wastewater network admits it is at "breaking point". This means that ...

Her experience wasn’t unique. Millions of people in Florida are exposed to dirty water that puts them at elevated risk of health problems — from coughs to cancer, a Tampa Bay Times investigation has ...

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Modern Farmer. The Lower Yakima Valley in Washington state has been home to large-scale animal ...

Despite the control measures and regulations in place, industrial water pollution is still a problem in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that thousands of ...

With swelling demand straining its antique wastewater infrastructure, it’s no wonder Fort Myers has water pollution problems. Fecal bacteria in its creeks, fountains "of raw sewage”, dirty ...

Nanotechnology is the use of materials that are one-billionth of a metre (a nanometre) in size. One of its potential uses is to clean up whatever is contaminating water supplies. Analytical chemist ...