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15 Feb 2013, 1:46 pm
Witnesses featured representatives from state offices that oversee groundwater, drinking water, oil and gas, and solid and hazardous wastes. [read post]
13 Apr 2023, 3:20 am
Listeriosis is a foodborne illness caused by the germ Listeria Monocytogenes, usually found in groundwater, soil, animal feces, and rotting vegetation. [read post]
21 May 2024, 6:40 am
At least 19 states will also consider legislation to require the testing, monitoring and disclosure of PFAS or microplastics in water, and at least 10 states will consider setting standards for PFAS in drinking water, groundwater or surface water. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 7:36 am
In 2013 and 2014, West Grove residents working in collaboration with faculty and students from the University of Miami School of Law learned from a whistleblower-leaked municipal environmental report that long-term exposure to Old Smokey’s airborne carcinogens and toxic waste dump sites had caused extensive soil and possibly groundwater contamination of homeowner properties and public parks in Coconut Grove and across the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County.This Essay… [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 5:21 pm
First, the water rights are held by property owners whose property fronts a waterway (or the groundwater beneath their property). [read post]
19 Nov 2015, 1:18 pm
San Diego Unified says it'll be on the property conducting testing for around two full weeks, and here's what it plans to do:"[C]oring 10 locations of concrete using a two-inch diameter drill bit in concrete up to six inches thick; boring 33 holes within a 50-foot square grid partially outside of the building's footprint, 30 holes at three feet deep and three at 20 feet deep; collecting soil samples from the borings; collecting groundwater samples from the 20-foot… [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 5:00 am
The Compliance Policy does acknowledge that there may be a “rare” circumstance when an innocent owner should not be named in an order, that is, where no environmental purpose would be served (for example, “where an owner’s property has been contaminated by a groundwater plume originating from a source of contamination on an adjacent property and the required cleanup must, in order to be effective, focus upon the adjacent property rather than the owner’s. [read post]
25 Dec 2014, 5:12 am
Following implementation of the rule, the key chemical additive used in reformulated gasoline—MTBE—was discovered to be leaking into groundwater across the country, causing substantial public alarm about drinking water contamination and resulting in legislative and regulatory efforts to ban the use of this fuel additive. [read post]
9 Aug 2021, 4:38 am
The AER likewise determined that the quality of surface and groundwater would be “adverse” causing “significant . . . environmental effects” on several aquatic species, and that the AER was “not confident” that reclamation and conservation efforts provided by the company overseeing the project would be timely or effectual. [read post]
16 Sep 2021, 12:36 am
Firefighting foam concentrations containing PFAS, such as AFFF (aqueous film-forming foam), may easily infiltrate the soil and reach groundwater. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 7:47 am
The city, for example, won a $104 million verdict against Exxon Mobil for allowing a gasoline additive to infect groundwater in Queens, Mr. [read post]
17 May 2011, 10:09 am
Under the proposed guidance, waters that are not covered by the CWA include artificially irrigated areas which would revert to upland if the irrigation ceased; artificial lakes or ponds which are used for stock watering, irrigation, settling basins, or rice growing; artificial reflecting pools or swimming pools excavated in uplands; water-filled depressions created in dry land incidental to construction activity and pits excavated in dry land for the purpose of obtaining fill; groundwater… [read post]
16 Mar 2019, 6:19 pm
Defendants Phase II assessment included collection of seven soil samples and three groundwater samples. [read post]
11 May 2010, 10:44 am
As explained by previous ESG Insight articles, “fracking” produces relatively clean natural gas, but at the risk of contaminating groundwater supplies – potentially on a massive scale. [read post]
7 Oct 2018, 9:30 pm
These contaminants include lead, copper, zinc, antimony, and even mercury, all of which can sink into the soil and sometimes leach into groundwater and surface water. [read post]
23 Jul 2014, 10:01 pm
In terms of environmental effects, critics say that Enlist Duo will increase soils, surface and groundwater contamination and perpetuate the “pesticide treadmill,” which is when farmers use larger amounts of increasingly toxic chemicals to control herbicide-resistant weeds, eventually requiring the use of different chemicals. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 4:04 am
The perceived risks - groundwater contamination, air pollution, earthquake damage - are fears, not well grounded in science. [read post]
15 Nov 2018, 6:03 am
Let’s understand that the very concept of a safe harbor for YouTube has its roots deep in the pirate utopias of Internet culture–a fact that may get overlooked if you aren’t a student of the Silicon Valley groundwater. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 11:16 am
” This waste leaked into the ground and contaminated the groundwater, leaving an underground plume flowing off the property. [read post]
6 Oct 2021, 8:58 am
., Groundwater Governance for Conflict-Affected Countries, UNESCO International Centre for Water Security and Sustainable Management, Global Water Security Issues Series 3 (2021). [read post]
