New pilot study detects faecal pollution marker in UK rivers

a water course or stream, seen from nearby, passing through an area with trees, in what appears to be a rural location

One of the water courses sampled in the study. A pilot study has reportedly succeeded in offering a better understanding ...

Environmental Policies

Rivers Trust conference calls for action on algal blooms

April 22, 2025

The River Dart in Totnes (image credit: Phil Gayton, CC BY 2.0 license). The Rivers Trust Annual Conference in early ...

Kevin Hogan, a resident of the Tijuana River Valley, next to Dairy Mart Road in San Diego.

Us & Canada

Tijuana River ranked No. 2 among nation’s most endangered rivers

April 16, 2025

The Tijuana River has been plagued with raw sewage and industrial waste from Tijuana for decades, fouling beaches along the ...

Us & Canada

Kentucky watches for surging rivers to recede so widespread cleanup can begin

April 8, 2025

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- After days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky, residents closely monitored waterways ...

Us & Canada

Swollen rivers flood towns in US South after dayslong deluge of rain

April 7, 2025

FRANKFORT, Kentucky -- Days of unrelenting heavy rain and storms that killed at least 18 people worsened flooding as some ...

Chart showing in 2022, Nevada used 85% of treated wastewater and Arizona used 52%, but the rest states who get water from the Colorado River Basin used less than 50% of treated water.

Us & Canada

Recycling more water would help fix Colorado River’s woes, report says

April 2, 2025

California isn’t recycling nearly enough water, according to a new report by UCLA researchers, who say the state should treat ...

Environmental Policies

Earth’s storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it’s especially bad for farming

March 27, 2025

University of Melbourne hydrology professor Dongryeol Ryu and his collaborator Ki-Weon Seo were on a train to visit Ryu’s family ...

Wildlife & Conservation

Residents Told To Avoid Consuming Fish From Rivers Contaminated With PFAS

March 24, 2025

According to a report by Kritiksha Sharma on Yahoo News, officials have issued an urgent warning to residents about the ...

Ofgem reforms will prioritise projects that are “ready” and “needed”

Environmental Policies

Biodiversity in England’s rivers improved as metal pollution reduced

February 24, 2025

Improvements in water quality have supported freshwater invertebrates such as damselfly. (image credit: Steve Thackeray). An improvement in freshwater biodiversity ...

Left: The Saw Kill Creek dam in Red Hook, New York. Right: A glass eel found in the nearby Quassaick Creek.

Environmental Policies

How Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers

February 4, 2025

The glass eels, 3 inches long with skin so translucent it reveals the beating of their tiny hearts, writhe with ...

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