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Jan. 6--Test results from the site of New Hanover County's two newest schools show iron and arsenic levels exceeding state recommendations, but state health officials say they do not pose [...]

Dec. 15--CROWN POINT -- The Lake County Council gave its qualified approval Tuesday to a proposed limestone quarry east of Lowell, but other battles await Singleton Stone Quarry LLC before [...]

Dec. 09--Glenn County will soon be part of the California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring Program. Supervisors approved its participation as a monitoring and reporting entity Tuesday, after Water Resource Coordinator [...]

Dec. 04--Powertech Inc. will be able to drill a test well in a proposed uranium drilling site in northwestern Weld County. But, per the Environmental Protection Agency, that's all they [...]

Nov. 18--The Hereford Township supervisors have unanimously agreed to give the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a right of way along Dairy Lane for the cleanup of groundwater contamination at [...]

Nov. 12--A presentation by state officials on how to clean up groundwater contamination from the Orland Dry Cleaners tops Monday's agenda of the Orland City Council. The so-called plume is [...]

Nov. 12--Glenn County is moving toward a groundwater protection ordinance that could regulate out-of-county transfers. Supervisor Leigh McDaniel brought the proposed ordinance to the board last week when it received [...]

Nov. 08--BIRD ISLAND -- With hammer and chisel in hand, Alan Knaeble split open the gray core of clay like he was opening a book and peered at the landscape [...]

Oct. 21--CROWN POINT -- The Lake County Drainage Board delayed action Wednesday on a proposed limestone quarry east of Lowell. Lake County commissioners, who also serve as drainage officials, said [...]

Oct. 07--In the coming weeks, the state Department of Environmental Quality will consider a Dominion Virginia Power proposal to monitor arsenic and other toxins leaching from a fly-ash landfill into [...]

Oct. 03--The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality should never have allowed developers to build a golf course with coal ash, according to a former employee who argues that it should [...]

Oct. 01--DENVER -- New rules that went into effect Thursday will impact uranium mining in the state. In August, the Mined Land Reclamation Board approved changes to the rules and [...]

Sept. 01--YAKIMA, Wash. -- County commissioners have taken another step toward addressing well water pollution in the Lower Yakima Valley. Commissioners on Tuesday moved toward creating a groundwater management area [...]

Aug. 31--Bill Tulk has lived on the east side of La Salle since 1972 and had never had a problem with seepage water getting into his house. Until this year. [...]

Aug. 30--Bill Tulk has lived on the east side of La Salle since 1972 and had never had a problem with seepage water getting into his house: Until this year. [...]

Aug. 25--A federal agency recommends treating contaminated water below ground at the Valmont Industrial Park rather than pumping it to the surface and then removing a carcinogen. The U.S. Environmental [...]

Aug. 05--The Headwaters Groundwater Conservation District currently is accepting applications for those who wish to seek one of two available spots on the group's board of directors. Prospective candidates have [...]

July 28--The Groundwater Management Area 9 board voted Monday to limit depletion of the Trinity Acquirer to a maximum 30 feet below current aquifer levels over the next 50 years. [...]

July 13--Watching a well crew drill in a patch of land across from his home was a welcome sight for David Meitzler. Like many Hereford Township residents, he is grateful [...]

June 30--ZILLAH -- Pleas for collaboration and expressions of impatience characterized two meetings Tuesday about nitrate contamination in Lower Valley groundwater. 'I'm tired of buying bottled water,' said Gary Newman, [...]

Jun. 15--Asotin County is seeking public participation in the ongoing cleanup at the former Asotin County Regional Landfill. In 1990, the county entered into a voluntary cleanup agreement with the [...]

Apr. 29--After several months of delays, the process of establishing new groundwater management standards in the area is expected to begin again next month. Since a February meeting of Groundwater [...]

Apr. 24--The sanitary sewer has not seen the same heavy infiltration of ground water as last year, according to Reed Schwartzkopf, Jamestown city engineer. That does not mean there isn't [...]

Apr. 19--Dalton Utilities CEO Don Cope said the water company's potential use of hydraulic fracturing is a 'different animal' from a similar technique the Environmental Protection Agency is investigating. In [...]

Apr. 7--OLYMPIA, Wash. -- For the second time, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Tuesday denied a request by Kittitas County commissioners that she order an end to a nine-month ban on [...]