When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Cleaner, more pure water backscatters light in the blue range, which makes it look blue. One famous example is Crater Lake in ...

Lakes and rivers that used to be trusted sources of potable water in the country now pose danger to women's fertility ...

Plastic pollution backgrounder - Links to UN organizations, documents, publications, speeches and statements, UN conferences and observances ...

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, ...

Researchers have identified 170 locations where “unusual” concentrations of PFAS are present in Dutch lakes, rivers, and ...

Two Lake District waters have been classified as unsafe to swim or surf in, according to research from campaigning charity Surfers against Sewage.

Mumbai: The environment department is set to develop a comprehensive plan aimed at preventing sewage from contaminating ...

and the rivers and lakes that feed them, always improving.” Upstream challenges related to pollution involve many of the common, and critical, industries which operate along the tributaries that ...