Discover news video about how the Guinness Book of World Records named the Guandu treatment plant in Brazil as the largest water treatment plant in the world ... read more >>

The teams, along with residents, were evacuated to higher ground yesterday amid fears that the river could burst in Beichuan county in southwest Sichuan province, the Beijing Times said. But the teams, including those trying to free people trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings of villages, and residents returned to work just two hours later, the newspaper said. "The weak dam (caused by ... read more >>

Reducing the level of contamination of water is the aim of the line of research being undertaken by Dr. José Ignacio Lombraña at the University of the Basque Country’s Faculty of Science and Technology. He is investigating chemical treatment capable of eliminating contaminants dumped by industry, in order to reuse the waste water. ... read more >>

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Between the two of them, the Sacramento and the San Joaquin Rivers drain most of the state of California, collecting and concentrating rainfall and snowmelt form the Sierra Nevada and funneling it toward San Francisco Bay. On the western side of the great Central Valley in northern California, the two rivers flow together into an inverted delt ... read more >>

NOAA scientists have released a 20-year study showing that environmental laws enacted in the 1970s are having a positive effect on reducing overall contaminant levels in coastal waters of the U.S. The report points to continuing concerns with elevated levels of metals and organic contaminants found near urban and industrial areas of the coasts. ... read more >>

After two years of extremely heated debate that included references to ecology, history, geography, and the politics of selling or buying mass-produced cupcakes, the Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn voted at the end of last month to discontinue the sale of bottled water. It comes to about 670 gallons of water per week.

Just as the co-op (membership: 13,966) has been selling its last few ounce ... read more >>

A state environmental official told a state Senate panel Tuesday that Texas needs to substantially increase its dam safety program's staffing and budget to ensure that the state's most hazardous dams get inspected regularly. ... read more >>

Toronto’s public school board is looking at banning the sale of water in plastic bottles in its 560 schools, citing the environmental concerns that led to a ban in Waterloo schools.

Trustee Josh Matlow said students should be free to bring plastic bottles if they wish, but the school board should not be in the business of selling them.

“We’re trying to really push our eco-schools initiative ... read more >>