Pollution Articles

Just south of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in Wyoming lies Jackson Hole, a high mountain valley about 50 miles long...

Last spring, the Montana Legislature abolished numeric standards for phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and replaced them with a “narrative standard.” The law...

Three counties on Ohio’s eastern border are beginning to implement a state requirement that all onsite systems be pumped and inspected and...

About 35 years ago a colleague and I were working on a research/demonstration system consisting of a septic tank, pump tank and...

In March 2021, the Illinois River Watershed Partnership launched a septic remediation program to help applicants pay for system upgrades or replacements. ...

Sometimes you take for granted that everyone working in the industry knows why our systems are so important to the environment and...

After a couple of years of flirting with the issue, the New Castle County Council in Delaware imposed a permanent moratorium for...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of an Amish community and against Filmore County, Minnesota, which had ordered the Amish to...

Five years after contaminated water in Flint became a national news story, Michigan’s governor announced a huge infrastructure bill to address water...

The Outer Banks region of coastal North Carolina has seen increased flooding and more intense storms in recent years. A related concern...

A proposal to increase residential development in the Dolores River Valley has residents of Montezuma County, Colorado, concerned about water quality and housing...

After about five years of deliberations, the California North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board last year approved a plan to address...

After a lot of buildup, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a closely watched wastewater case turned out to be less than...

It’s been more than a year since the attempt to create a statewide sanitary code failed in the Michigan Legislature, but the...