Water

Managing water supply systems is a popular topic among pasture managers looking to improve or expand their grazing operations into new areas such as expiring CRP. Producers should be aware of options for assistance to ensure system installation efficiency...

The city of Aberdeen is in the process of issuing a new occupancy permit to Northern Beef Packers' Aberdeen processing plant, which would allow the company to begin increasing production, possibly as soon as Monday, city building inspector Chad Nilson...

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is revising its assessment of large-scale mining activities near Bristol Bay -- including the proposed Pebble Mine -- in response to comments from peer reviewers as well as the general public. In a Tuesday...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Americans who live where the air is thinnest are less likely to be obese than those in low-lying areas, according to a new study. The results don't mean people should move to higher altitudes to lose weight, said study lead...

Council members are looking to improve Garrett Borough's water quality while saving money in the long run. The borough has received bids from Casselberry & Associates and The EADS Group to drill a test well in hopes of finding a quality water source,...

ST. LOUIS - More than 1,000 communities that have spent millions of dollars over many years filtering a common agricultural herbicide out of their drinking water are welcoming their shares of a $105 million settlement with the weed-killer's maker. The...

According to Appalachian Power and the National Weather Service, the threat of a dam failure at the Byllesby/Buck hydroelectric dam on the New River has been downgraded. Officials in Wythe County warned residents of a potential dam failure earlier...

Florida's rivers are in trouble. That's what the Orlando Sentinel found after a yearlong evaluation of some of the state's biggest and smallest, most urban and remote, cleanest and dirtiest, protected and abused rivers. Of the 22 rivers studied,...

The last statewide map of Maryland geology, published in 1968, is out of print. Online versions of it are marked with a disclaimer that it's too imprecise for anything but "historical and illustrative purposes." But a push to drill for Marcellus shale...

The Virginia Department of Health is asking citizens to avoid recreational use of the Smith River near Martinsville because the Martinsville Sewage Treatment Plant has been overwhelmed by recent heavy rains. The specific area is downstream from the...

Say what you will about the controversial Joe Conti of Doylestown, he sure knows how to land on his feet — this time with a nice now-he's-out and now-he-isn't deal with the state Liquor Control Board. In 2005, then-state Sen. Conti, R-Bucks, had a...

The state Senate has delayed until next week a vote on bill that would change how Alaska regulates cruise ship wastewater. The announcement was made after several failed attempts to amend the bill, including one that would give ships more time to meet...