Water pollution in the United States is a growing problem that became critical in the 19th century with the development of mechanized agriculture, mining...

Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses.: 6  It is usually a result of human...

(graywater); hazardous wastes; solid waste; oily bilge water; ballast water; and air pollution. The waste streams generated by cruise ships are governed...

Drinking water quality in the United States is generally safe. In 2016, over 90 percent of the nation's community water systems were in compliance with...

The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical...

In the United States, several federal agencies and laws have some jurisdiction over pollution from ships in U.S. waters. States and local government agencies...

Water pollution refers to the contamination of water bodies (such as rivers, lakes, oceans, groundwater) by harmful substances or pathogens, making them...

sources are the most significant single source of water pollution in the United States, accounting for almost half of all water pollution, and agricultural...

many countries, pollution in the United States is a concern for environmental organizations, government agencies and individuals. Pollution from U.S. manufacturing...

source water pollution comes from discrete conveyances and alters the chemical, biological, and physical characteristics of water. In the United States, it...

Other kinds of pollution, including mercury contamination and cities discharging untreated sewage, have also caused problems in the river. In response to...

air pollution has affected the United States since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. According to a 2024 report: "39% of people living in America—131...

regulating water pollution in the United States. The language of the Clean Water Act describes itself as pertaining to "Waters of the United States". The act...

quality pollution. It was the worst regional air quality in decades for this part of the United States. Water pollution in the United States is a growing...

factory in West Virginia, United States. The factory was opened by DuPont chemical company in 1948 and ownership transferred to Chemours in 2015 as DuPont...

pollution long after the source of the pollution is stopped. Major forms of pollution include air pollution, water pollution, litter, noise pollution...

Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution refers to diffuse contamination (or pollution) of water or air that does not originate from a single discrete source....

spew oily waste into water: Princess Cruises to pay record-breaking fine for pollution". Calgary Herald. Calgary. Archived from the original on 3 December...

Standards (NSPS) are pollution control standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The term is used in the Clean Air Act Extension...

dedicated to the protection of the Hudson River and its tributaries, as well as the watersheds that provide New York City with its drinking water. It started...

increased the resources provided to their effective containment, particularly in the United States. "PFAS investigation and clean up". Minnesota Pollution Control...

In Pollution Suit". San Francisco Chronicle. 1996-07-02. Retrieved 2018-09-18. Zhang, Jian Dong; Li, XL (1987), "Chromium pollution of soil and water...

pollution is the rise or drop in the temperature of a natural body of water caused by human influence. Thermal pollution, unlike chemical pollution,...

Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California. Pollution is defined as the addition...

about the pollution caused by bottled water, Fed Up (2014), dealing with the obesity-promoting food industry, and Under the Gun (2016), about the gun lobby...

Oil Pollution Act of 1924 is a United States federal statute establishing regulations for coastal navigable waters with regards to intentional fossil fuel...

contaminants to cause water pollution. He was sentenced to 150 hours of community service, fined $10,000, to be paid to Friends of the Chicago River, an environmental...

United States Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and families at the base — as well as many international, particularly British, assignees — bathed in and...

reservoir in British Columbia (Canada) and Montana (United States) formed by the damming of the Kootenai River by the Libby Dam in 1972. The Dam was formally...

sites in Montana Water pollution in the United States Bingham Canyon Mine (in Utah) Gammons & Icopini 2020 "Improvements to the Water Quality of the Berkeley...