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 ...

United Utilities - which serves around seven million customers in the North West of England - has confirmed the bill rise ...

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 ...

Canada has more lakes than any other country in the world, with a huge diversity of lake sizes, depths, shapes, water ...

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

Scientists are racing to restore Clear Lake, California's largest freshwater lake, which has been struggling with algal ...

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 ...