Iowa updates its strategy to reduce nutrient runoff
The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy was updated and IDALs announced a precision ag-tool to optimize nitrogen application.
Rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef are getting more polluted, raising serious concerns
Polluted runoff is still smothering the Great Barrier Reef, our first national assessment of water quality trends in ...
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STEP Student Research: Implementing Nonpoint Source Pollution Programs
Agricultural runoff is a persistent challenge to water quality in the Upper Midwest. To better understand how state-led policies address this issue, students Meghan Anderson and Taylor Hohensee in the ...
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Stormwater Pollution Sucked Up by Specialized Sponge
The sponge, coated with nanoparticles that have an affinity for pollutants, can collect metals like zinc and copper, as well as phosphate, and in previous iterations has successfully pulled lead from ...
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Researchers issue warning after examining stormwater runoff: 'These results demonstrate the need to ... mitigate the spread'
The study authors emphasized the need to carefully evaluate pavement materials. Researchers issue warning after examining stormwater runoff: 'These results demonstrate the need to ... mitigate the ...
SFWMD found no evidence of St. Lucie River water pollution from construction sites
The source of turbidity in the South Fork of the St. Lucie River in the Halpatiokee Regional Park in Stuart remains a mystery ...
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DEP, SFWMD investigate St. Lucie River water pollution, possibly from construction
"This matter is urgent. Fish are dying. The situation has to be halted, and penalize the responsible contractor." ...
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Officials issue warning after making alarming observation in stormwater runoff: 'An increased chance that [people] become ill'
Public health advisories like this one inform residents and help keep them safe. Officials issue warning after making ...
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Rain after fires: Impact of toxic runoff on marine ecosystem
Scientists are worried about chemicals from burned materials (heavy metals, plastics, fire retardants) polluting the ocean.