Water pollution can be classified as surface water pollution (for example lakes, streams, estuaries, and parts of the ocean in marine pollution) or groundwater pollution. Sources of water pollution ...

The Kentucky Senate on Friday voted 30-to-5 to pass a controversial bill that would benefit the coal industry by making it ...

Despite the EU's efforts, the fight for clean surface water remains an uphill battle. The basic necessity to get clean water ...

Groundwater is water stored beneath the Earth's surface in the spaces between rocks and sediments, collectively known as aquifers.

Major nutrient sources include agricultural ... Ogoniland covers contaminated land, groundwater, surface water, sediment, vegetation, air pollution, public health, industry practices and ...

It is the primary agent of soil erosion by water. The land area producing runoff that drains to a common point is called a drainage basin. Runoff that occurs on the ground surface before reaching a ...

This can mean that drinking water is unsuitable or that surface water sources are compromised – in other words ... This helps Member States avoid and mitigate pollution incidents. The Agency also ...

Whether a well taps water just below the ground or hundreds of feet deep, its location on top of the ground is a crucial safety factor. A well downhill from a livestock yard,a leaking tank or a ...

Much of the water on Earth’s surface is polluted ... Collecting data across a wide area should help to locate sources of pollution, and hopefully contribute to an improvement in water quality ...

Most of European Union surface water bodies are polluted by chemicals, the European Commission said on Tuesday, in a report ...

State's pollution control authorities have slapped Rs 10 lakh fine as bank guarantee against a multinational oil & natural gas giant operating here for 20 years for causing extensive contamination of ...