Concerns rise over contaminated water from BASF facility into Detroit River, with experts urging regulators to act.

"The matter was taken up in the meeting." Advocate sounds alarm over disturbing scene at local pond: 'Discussions will be ...

Despite freshwater’s critical role in the global economy, 80% of the world’s untreated wastewater is released into rivers, ...

Northwestern researchers developed sponges to address water pollution and identified potential health risks of a juice-based ...

The sponge, coated with nanoparticles that have an affinity for pollutants, can collect metals like zinc and copper, as well ...

Pollution is leaking into the bay waters from creeks bearing nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater treatment plants, septic tanks and fertilizer runoff from the surrounding watersheds.

like this one in Hastings, private wells aren’t regulated. Owners have to treat water on their own. (Angelina Katsanis/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...