When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Infested with heavy growth of hyacinth, algae, they are emanating foul odours particularly during the summer season ...

When the summer sun shines and temperatures climb, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce harmful algal blooms. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reminded people this week that some ...

It’s also the No. 1 source of under- and unregulated pollution in the Great Lakes. “It’s causing toxic algae blooms in various parts of the lakes,” he said. “It’s causing huge rural ...

LOCAR is a proposed reservoir to hold 65.17 billion gallons of Lake Okeechobee water, some of which gets discharged to the St ...

Thousands of dead fish have washed up along the shores of Lake Apopka, alarming nearby residents and prompting an ...

The Army Corps of Engineers released over 48.86 billion gallons of water into the St. Lucie River from Dec. 7 through Jan. 23 ...

A specialized sponge absorbs pollutants and releases them for reuse—paving the way for cleaner waterways and resource ...

Decades of work and millions of dollars have gone into restoring Lake Apopka, but now hundreds of dead fish are showing up ...

A specialized sponge that works to slurp up pollutants, and then release them as desired, may present a reusable, low-cost solution.

As more waterways contend with algae blooms and pollution caused by minerals from agricultural runoff and industrial manufacturing processes, new methods to remove pollutants like phosphate, copper ...