waterways

March 25, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to list nine additional PFAS compounds as hazardous. EPA must use its authority to protect communities and waterways from the well-documented risks associated…

For Immediate Release February 23, 2000 (READING, Pa.) - A program on restoration projects involving area lakes and streams, including water pollution abatement efforts, will be held here March 6, 2000. It will run from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30…

Today, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Freshwater Select, in collaboration with industry partners, launched the Invasive Carp Consortium (ICC) which will propel market forces to halt the damage caused by invasive carp to U.S. lakes and…

The SO42– binding by 1 in micelles and liquid–liquid extraction. Credit: Nature Chemistry (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01457-5 Scientists…

By early Sunday evening, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a “state of emergency” in Santa Barbara County and seven other California counties, and non-stop rain forced the closure of the Santa Barbara Airport due to flooding, along with…

January 23, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a proposed rule to establish new water pollution control standards for slaughterhouses and rendering facilities discharging waste into U.S. rivers,…

​The Water Services Dept. Environmental Services Division invites you to learn about the City of Phoenix Stormwater Management Program during the Fifth Annual Stormwater Awareness Week on Jan. 22 -28, 2024. Stormwater Awareness Week is…

Owen Stefaniak inspects equipment at a streamgage inside Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport property. It is primarily upstream of most airport deicing activity, so it is used as a reference site for the area.…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Sept. 22, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. ― Two South Carolina Adopt-a-Stream student volunteers were recently recognized for their volunteer efforts to help assess the health of watersheds and water quality in the…

Jason Fellman, acting director of the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, collects water samples from the outflow of the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. Credit: Sonia Nagorski Understanding carbon…

Jason Fellman, acting director of the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, collects water samples from the outflow of the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. Credit:…

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf discusses how in 2022 NOAA and our partners recovered over $114 million dollars to restore six polluted U.S. waterways.…

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf discusses how NOAA and our partners recovered over 130 million dollars to restore 10 polluted waterways in six states in 2021.    (Video…

Heres the dirty truth about Americas waterways: More than 40,000 of our lakes, rivers, and streams are more and take action at

Gerrit Jobsis, Southeast Regional Director of American Rivers, describes the organization's role in protecting water supply and quality and the challenges presented by growth, competing demands on water, and climate change.