Water

The owners of Curles Neck Farm say they want to preserve that sprawling property on the James River, home to nesting eagles and other wildlife.??? --???"That farm is not going to be developed in our lifetime," said Tommy Pruitt, a developer who owns...

Chobani building the largest yogurt plant in North America in Twin Falls was a wake up call for Idaho and for this community. The size, scope and future potential of the yogurt plant with its economic and cultural ripple effect gave the Magic Valley a...

First of two parts State environmental regulators determined that oil and gas development damaged the water supplies for at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to a cache of nearly 1,...

Now that a bill repealing the Jordan Lake Rules -- legislation that made cities upstream pay for water treatment improvements -- is advancing through the General Assembly, did Burlington spend $23 million for nothing? Sen. Rick Gunn, the bill's...

ONWASA officials approved a $321,860 contract this week to get a wastewater treatment plant up and running. The Summerhouse Wastewater Treatment Plant was constructed in 2008 by a private developer to serve the Summerhouse residential development....

A Friday ground breaking kicked off "the best thing that could possibly happen" to Richlands, according to Mayor McKinley Smith. The Onslow Water and Sewer Authority (ONWASA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture broke ground for a sewer treatment...

In a recent May 8 op-ed, Colleen Castille said that "today, we're too far down the road of water consumption to turn back, but we can move forward with a better plan." I wholeheartedly agree that Florida needs a better plan, one that aggressively focuses...

A state board assigned to protect the environment is taking a second look at a controversial ruling it issued last year. The Illinois Pollution Control Board will revisit a ruling on groundwater protection at certain dump sites. The board has...

Environmental advocates, landowners and industry representatives all are welcoming a plan to require baseline groundwater testing at oil and gas drilling sites. Gov. Matt Mead included a requirement for energy companies to test nearby groundwater before...

Back in 1981, the city of Charlevoix received a notice from the Michigan Department of Public Health: its municipal well system was contaminated. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the well system was connected to a wedge of contaminated...

The Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that molybdenum contamination in private wells has been detected in a larger area of southeastern Wisconsin than previously identified. The DNR said that molybdenum levels above standards for safe...

Within the Eightmile River's 62-square-mile watershed, where about a third of the rural landscape is protected forest and open space, the neighborhoods of beach cottages and year-round homes around Lake Hayward are the nearest thing to a city. "This...