Tagged as: Drinking Water
Frequent Shallow Fracking Threatens Drinking Water
Fracking, a technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale rock, is a controversial process. Opponents of fracking argue that the drilling process could contaminate the water table, but its supporters claim that the practice is carried out at such de...
Algae Attacks
Four hundred thousand people in Ohio are without clean drinking water. Their water, which is sourced from Lake Erie, is contaminated with microcystin. This dangerous toxin is the by-product of a particular blue-green algae. If the water were to be ingested, it...
No Respect For Clean Water
America's 67th largest city is without clean water.The Elephant in the room
The number one cause of fresh water pollution in the United States is agricultural runoff. Animal manure and fertilizers contain high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus. When that ...
Poisoning West Virginia’s Water
On the morning of Thursday, January 9, 2014, the people of Charleston, West Virginia, awoke to a strange tang in the air off the Elk River. It smelled like licorice. The occasional odor is part of life in Charleston, the state capital, which lies in an indust...