And lawmakers knew that cleaning up waterways required going after pollution at its sources. The Clean Water Act, passed in 1972, did just that. It laid out a regulatory framework that requires all ...

Catastrophes like the flooding of the Eagle Mine in the 1980s make headlines and spur change, but it may come as a surprise to learn that it is the small, everyday spills that are the leading cause of ...

“These point-source categories are large sources of water pollution, dumping billions of gallons of wastewater into our rivers, streams and lakes each year,” the group said, noting that EPA ...

Globally, non-point source pollution is an important source of water quality deterioration in rivers and lakes. A ditch-pond system, consisting of ditches and ponds, is considered to be similar to ...

“We really need to identify the source of pollution, via species-specific testing, in order to apply the proper management efforts,” said Ashley Eagle-Gibbs, director of the Environmental ...

Clean Water Act permits for sewage treatment plants, coal power plants, chemical facilities and other sources of water pollution expire every five years. State environmental regulators across the ...