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The groundwater at the site is contaminated with volatile organic compounds from a semiconductor manufacturing site in the city of Auburn.

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) presented a giant tunnel-boring machine (TBM) that will help the authority to minimize the amount of raw sewage spilling into rivers and basements during overflows caused by rainstorms, with the aim of improving the water quality of the area.

Officials hope that these projects would keep runoff pollution out of waterways and help bolster groundwater supplies, which could be used for drinking water.

Torromeo Industries, Inc. will pay a $135,000 civil penalty and implement a compliance program to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) at its Kingston, N.H., plant.

The debate over whether wastewater from fracking operations should be shipped by barges has been stirring up public opinion for months.

Scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) have developed a new device that can detect contamination and purify polluted water in just a few hours.

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey have linked an earthquake in Oklahoma in 2011 to the injection of oil-drilling wastewater underground.

The new network of pipes connects the university's chilling stations to Austin Water's reclaimed water distribution system. This enables campus buildings to use reclaimed wastewater instead of potable water for cooling systems.

The funding will be used to educate New York City high school students about water quality and wastewater treatment and prepare them for environmental careers.

A worker died last Thursday after falling more than 30 feet into an empty aerator tank at a water treatment facility in St. Petersburg, Fla.