Microplastics – pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters – were found in 55 juvenile northern hogsucker fish in tributaries of the Cheat, Ohio and Monongahela Rivers.

Nationwide, more than 60% of the water we use comes from rivers, streams and lakes. These waterways are continually under threat from pollution, development and climate change. CBS News&#039 ...

Microplastics are floating in the air around us, surging through rivers and streams, and burrowing deep into soils. And now, a new study suggests that all those tiny pieces of plastic are also ...

The rivers feeding the Great Lakes abound with organic waste compounds, including pollutants from car exhaust, factory smokestacks and tar; insecticides and herbicides and detergent ingredients.

Shampoo chemicals called polyquaterniums stick to tiny aquatic animals. They slow swimming and feeding, risking ecosystems ...

(CN) — Inland waters like rivers, lakes, streams and reservoirs need oxygen to survive, just like we do, but oxygen levels have dropped dramatically since 1900, researchers warn. The reason? Human ...

Des Moines Water Works, which serves Iowa’s largest metro, can activate a nitrate removal facility when concentrations in the two rivers it draws from are high. It costs around $10,000 per day.