Heavy rains can compromise public safety at the beach. However, a new dune infiltration system developed by North Carolina State University researchers can reduce bacteria in stormwater runoff up to 96%. North Carolina State...
Read MoreThe dead zone in Lake Erie was shrinking until the trend reversed in the mid-1990s, along with a resurgence of harmful algal blooms in 2011 that could be seen from space. In 2012, numbers of algae began to decrease as phosphorus...
Read MoreOn Feb. 19, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced that it has mapped long-term evapotranspiration rates across the continental U.S. for the first time. Evapotranspiration is water that is lost to the atmosphere via...
Read MoreThe Water Environment Research Foundation is seeking research partners for a project to develop protocol and guidance for using stream restoration as a best management practice. This targeted collaborative research project...
Read MoreThe Great Lakes area is home to more than 30 million people in the United States and Canada, and the lakes contain 20% of the world’s fresh surface water. However, the lakes experience significant water quality threats,...
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