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
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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.
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Cutting Corners at a Cost: When Saving Money on Infrastructure Puts Health at Risk
After 20 years in Columbia, Maryland, my partner's mom recently accepted a job offer in Jackson, Mississippi, and made the move. When she got there, however, there was one thing she didn’t expect: the water in Jackson violates safe drinking standards.
Animal Feeding Operations in the Path of Hurricanes Florence and Michael
Hurricane Florence is projected to affect major agricultural regions of North Carolina and neighboring states, where manure storage in lagoons is common. Leakage from or failure of animal waste lagoons can pose a significant risk to water quality and wildlife, as animal waste contains an array of dangerous bacteria and other pollutants.
Interactive Map Shows Promise and Peril for Delaware River Basin
The interactivemap brings together more than 5,000 data points from more than a dozen federal, state and local government databases to provide as complete a picture of water quality threats in the Delaware basin as possible.
Coal Ash Ponds: An Unacceptable Risk at Water’s Edge
Ten years ago, one million tons of toxic waste spilled into the Clinch and Emory Rivers in Tennessee, forcing evacuations, devastating a river and a community, and, as alleged by a recently-filed lawsuit, causing the eventual deaths of at least 30 cleanup workers. The waste came not from an oil pipeline or a fracking site, but from a coal plant.
Lackluster Clean Water Enforcement Harms American Waters
For the Clean Water Act to successfully protect our waterways, facilities must follow the law … and face accountability if they don’t. Our recent report, Troubled Waters: Industrial Pollution Still Threatens American Waterways, finds that both compliance with and enforcement of the Clean Water Act have been lackluster at best.
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Elizabeth
Ridlington
Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group