Rhode Island is suing 34 oil companies for using a gasoline additive that has contaminated groundwater in the state. Democratic Attorney General Peter Kilmartin said Tuesday the state aims to recover money for the cleanup of methyl tertiary butyl ether, …
A water system that had to tell its 10,000 customers not to drink from their taps has brought chemical contamination down to federally acceptable levels by diluting it with water from another north Alabama utility, officials said Tuesday. Even so, …
Lisa Davis, a cashier at a Foodvalu grocery store in rural north Alabama, spent Friday, June 3, ringing up bottled water sales after a local utility declared its tap water unfit to drink because of chemical contamination. Some customers got …
North Carolina environmental regulators ordered Duke Energy this week to stop the spread of groundwater pollution from coal ash dumps outside Wilmington after tests showed contamination in nearby drinking water wells. The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources said …
North Carolina officials are warning even more residents living near Duke Energy’s coal ash pits that it’s not safe to drink or cook with their well water. The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources said Wednesday that 191 drinking …
North Carolina officials are warning more residents living near Duke Energy’s coal ash pits that it’s not safe to drink or cook with their well water after tests showed contamination levels that is raising health concerns. The state Department of …
City officials in New Castle, Delaware, say the costs for managing toxic contamination found in all three of the city’s public water wells could top $1 million. Pamela Patone, general manager of New Castle’s Municipal Services Commission tells The News …
