For more than a decade, some residents of the tiny Richmond, Rhode Island, neighborhood of Canob Park drank and bathed using tap water that had been tainted by gasoline that leaked from storage tanks ...

Leaking underground storage tanks remain a leading cause of groundwater pollution even after more than a half-million sites have been cleaned up. Roughly 81 million people live within a quarter-mile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal officials outlined plans to clean up half-century-old groundwater pollution under central Phoenix during a meeting with ...

Oregon regulators would gain new powers to enter private rural properties under a bill that aims to make the state government more proactive in preventing groundwater pollution. Senate Bill 1154 would ...

The San Luis Valley Groundwater Basin stretches from San Luis Obispo to Edna Valley — but a toxic chemical swirling in the water prevents the city from using the resource for drinking water. That will ...

LAKESIDE, Mont. — The Department of Environmental Quality is extending the public comment period on a proposed Mountain Ground Water Pollution Control System permit in Lakeside. The permit aims to ...

Villagers near an industrial hub in Tamil Nadu claim toxic water, failing crops and rising illnesses, with disturbing accounts pointing to years of pollution that may have quietly reshaped lives and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A class action lawsuit filed by a group of Oregonians is accusing a local utility company and a creamery of “dangerous” nitrate pollution in residents’ well water. The lawsuit, ...