Safe for Swimming?
America's beaches are favorite places to relax ... when the water is safe. Where is water pollution harming our ability to enjoy the beach? And what can we do to stop it?
Clean water
The Latest on Clean water
The Threat of “Forever Chemicals”
Who are the top toxic water polluters in your state?
More and better testing would protect us from chemical threats
What does replacing a water service line look like?
Sustainable development groups create options for abandoned mine lands
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Safe for Swimming?
Beaches often aren’t safe for swimming. Thanks to monitoring, we can do something about it.
Slaughterhouses Are Polluting Our Waterways
Threats to Clean Water in the Delaware River Basin
Did You Know?
The leading cause of reduced water quality in rivers and streams is pollution from farms - fertilizer, pesticides and animal manure.
The Latest
Updated 2023 mid-hurricane season resource guide: data, resources & interview opportunities
The Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June 1 through November 30. This resource guide can help members of the media cover it more thoroughly and accurately.
Florida’s bursting pipes and expanding highways tell a tale of infrastructure priorities gone wrong
What happens when policymakers prioritize highway ribbon cutting ceremonies over repairs to critical infrastructure?
With resources, communities can make beaches safe
America’s secret fossil fuel bailout: Cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells
The current oil crash could soon mean hundreds, or even thousands more abandoned drilling sites. Who will pay to clean up the mess?
New Factsheets: Accidents Waiting to Happen
Across the country, thousands of miles of waterways are threatened by at least one of five major potential sources of contamination: coal ash pits, oil pipelines and trains, fracking wastewater pits, animal waste lagoons, and toxic chemical storage facilities. These five factsheets provide summaries of each threat, with recommendations for protecting America's waterways now and in the future.
Experts
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Elizabeth
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Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group