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28 May 2024, 1:22 pm
In drought years, the government generally shrinks its allocations, forcing farmers to pump groundwater, buy what they need on the open market or let fields go fallow. [read post]
21 May 2019, 3:51 am
Hawaii Wildlife Fund, which asks whether the Clean Water Act covers pollution that moves through groundwater before reaching a federal waterway, noting that “[i]f the local leaders ultimately decide to settle the case, they will withdraw their appeal and eliminate the high court’s main opportunity to address the scope of the landmark environmental law. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 8:37 am
Pepsico lost its operating license in Pudussery, in Kerala, India, in 2003 for allegedly depleting the community’s groundwater. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 7:23 am
(The contamination did not reach the groundwater beneath the plaintiffs' property.) [read post]
18 Mar 2025, 6:20 pm
It can contaminate groundwater as well as soil and the food that grows in it. ● Lead: CR found lead at some level in 34 out of the 41 formulas tested, ranging from 1.2 ppb to 4.2 ppb, with the highest level found in Neocate Hypoallergenic. [read post]
21 Mar 2025, 8:01 am
Additionally, wildfires cause damage to watersheds, which can degrade drinking water supplies as toxins from damaged structures and ash can impede rainwater absorption into the groundwater. [read post]
21 Oct 2018, 11:20 am
” There is a credit, Productivity, Health + Diversity 4.0: Human + Eco HPD: Reduce Pesticides, Prevent Surface + Groundwater Contamination, that rewards “no pesticide, herbicide or fertilizer use” and while such is well intentioned, the credit will have limited geographic appeal as pesticide use, to control mosquito borne disease and the like is widely practiced in many places in this country and the world. [read post]
14 May 2019, 4:08 am
Hawaii Wildlife Fund, which asks whether the Clean Water Act covers pollution that moves through groundwater before reaching a federal waterway, “Maui County is appealing to conservative Supreme Court justices’ trademark textualism in a bid to nail down limits on the scope of federal water protections. [read post]
11 Nov 2011, 8:39 am
The comments were consistent with the information in the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) about the unique combination of characteristics in the Sand Hills (which includes a high concentration of wetlands of special concern, a sensitive ecosystem, and extensive areas of very shallow groundwater) and provided additional context and information about those characteristics. [read post]
17 Sep 2012, 10:20 am
There simply won't be enough funds to deal with sites that have significant soil or groundwater contamination. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 1:18 pm
Meanwhile, the population keeps increasing and the quality of water from surface and groundwater sources is rapidly decreasing due to deforestation, pollution, saltwater intrusion and other problems caused by climate change. [read post]
16 Apr 2009, 9:13 pm
Though the law professor apparently disagrees, I consider my work, and that of my colleagues to be worthy, even in those cases where insurance carriers were my clients, sued by their petroleum company policy holders who claimed entitlement to reimbursement for the intentional contamination of the soil under our feet and the groundwater some of us are required to drink. [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 6:18 am
Now, every Act 2 project faces challenges posed by UECA compliance, especially any remediation project that involves the off-site migration of groundwater contamination. [read post]
25 Nov 2022, 9:05 pm
Gilliland finds that underregulated CAFOs are responsible for a myriad of health harms, such as groundwater pollution, disease spread, and air contamination. [read post]
27 Aug 2012, 7:50 am
This means that fracking chemicals entering groundwater there could contaminate a water supply of enormous importance. [read post]
24 Sep 2023, 1:22 pm
., soil/groundwater contamination volatilizing and creating unsafe indoor air conditions). [read post]
11 Jul 2014, 4:52 pm
Plaintiffs challenged the districts’ entry into the recent 2012 renewals under CEQA, arguing the exemptions claimed for them were inapplicable and that a full EIR should be done addressing the contracts’ impacts on the environment, including impacts to Delta species and habitat and salinity problems in Central Valley soils and groundwater due to USBR’s failure to provide promised drainage facilities. [read post]
16 May 2012, 2:09 pm
Plaintiffs alleged that they relied on a groundwater well for “drinking, bathing, cooking, washing and other daily uses,” but that drilling operations had caused various toxic chemicals to contaminate the air and their water well, forcing them to pack up and abandon their home. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 7:47 am
Because it causes health problems, many have been concerned about groundwater contamination by PFAS. [read post]
23 Oct 2021, 12:22 pm
There are currently 187 HAPs EPA will evaluate whether to designated PFAS compounds as HAPs under the Clean Air Act A HAP designation will trigger strict control over PFAS air emissions EPA is targeting the Fall of 2022 to determine whether PFAS compounds should be designated as HAPs Evaluate Technologies for Destruction and Removal of PFAS Evaluate and develop technologies for removal or treatment of drinking water and wastewater Evaluate technologies for contaminated site remediation, including… [read post]
