This week, crews are wrapping up a detention basin project in a Marana neighborhood to help when monsoon storms roll through.

Wildfires threaten water quality for up to eight years after they burn A study of 100,000 water samples from 500 river basins found elevated levels of contaminants persist for years after a fire ...

Jamaica’s authorities have given the green light to United Oil & Gas’ plans to gather further data on its offshore acreage in the frontier Walton and Morant basins. The London-listed junior ...

After decades of off-limits status, parts of the tranquil and pristine Basin Creek Reservoir tucked in the foothills of the Highlands south of Butte will soon be open to the ...

A first-of-its-kind inventory of post-fire water quality across the Western U.S., finds that contaminants and degradation persist for years following wildfires.  ...

[2] Evaluation of Oil and Grease from Roadway Runoff in Sediment from Detention Basins and Swales within the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone, Central Texas, U.S.A.. Environmental Pollution (2025).

Years after wildfires burn forests and watersheds, the contaminants left behind continue to poison rivers and streams across the Western U.S.—much longer than scientists estimated.

A wide dirt path is made as the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project begins construction near Myrtle Grove, La., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) ...

The debris basin on Randall Road had also just been finalised three months earlier in October 2022. After the storm passed, the basin was half full, according to Wageneck.

Multiple homes burn from the Palisades wildfire in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on January 7th. Wildfires can pollute rivers and drinking water for years. Photo by Allison Dinner/EPA-EFE ...