An Orchard Park farm that has spent months trying to connect to public water for its new barn has filed a lawsuit against the town, accusing the municipality of impeding the farm from accessing water.

“They promote the goal of lower food prices, higher food production and farm income, if they’re subsidized. Just don’t call it investments in water conservation.” That’s because of the ...

Evaluation of gray water footprint (GWF) flow and its driving mechanism is imperative to trace the source of pollution and formulate the pollution responsibility-sharing strategies to reduce the ...

A leaking holding tank spilled an estimated 20,000 gallons of liquid manure in 2019 on a Stearns County dairy farm. Manure and commercial fertilizer often pollute Minnesota's drinking water.

A livestock farm in southeastern Iowa has been fined $50,000 after the owner and an employee plead guilty to charges of violating the Clean Water Act while discharging manure ... The liquid manure ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced in Vermont on Thursday that his agency will double the pace of spending on efforts to reduce farm runoff entering Lake Champlain ... “This historic ...

From safe beaches, to affordable drinking water, to their own family members and lives, Iowans are losing a lot to factory farms’ pollution. Leaders must act. From safe beaches, to affordable drinking ...

A dam or reservoir that collects surface water flowing across land. Note: In New South Wales, a runoff dam may also collect water from a first- or second-order stream.

like this one in Hastings, private wells aren’t regulated. Owners have to treat water on their own. (Angelina Katsanis/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Virginia has used satellite measurements to show the long-term persistence of air pollution inequalities tied to industrialized swine ...

Many farms in Richmond also rely on the south arm of the Fraser River to provide irrigation water for agriculture. For some farmers it is their only source of water,” said DFI vice-president Clarence ...

is affecting not only residents but also the urban farms that serve as small green oases for the community. The once-empty lots that are part of the concrete jungle experience the effects of pollution ...