The study found that even low levels of arsenic in drinking water may increase the risk of below average birth weight and ...

This map shows the states where cities had a boil-water advisory in place as of Friday night. Newsweek North Carolina. Parts of Durham, North Carolina, were placed under a boil-water advisory ...

The Clean Water Act gives the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers jurisdiction over “navigable waters,” which are defined as “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). Nearly any activity that occurs within a ...

CLAYTON, New York (WWNY) - What are “Waters of the United States?” For one, the term differentiates what is and isn’t given federal protections as part of the Clean Water Act.

We are once again locked in a debate regarding the proper role of the federal government to regulate what is termed waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act. On Dec. 30, the ...

Determining what qualifies as a water of the United States under the Clean Water Act has been the subject of multiple U.S. Supreme Court cases, most recently in 2023, and every presidential ...

The EPA states that the final rule restores essential water protections that were in place prior to 2015. Some local politicians and farmers disagree.

REF Justice Scalia defined “waters of the United States” as referring only to relatively permanent standing or flowing bodies of water, REF to include “wetlands”—viz., adjacent, flooded ...

Bull kelp, a giant species of seaweed that can grow 100 feet tall underwater and is known as the “sequoias of the sea,” is dying at a record pace, and so far, it’s not coming back.

A study has shown that arsenic levels in public drinking water systems are higher in some states, which can increase the risk ...