News about Water Pollution, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

A study by the Waterkeeper Alliance documented elevated PFAS concentrations downstream of wastewater treatment facilities and ...

Cambridge scientists have spotted gut bacteria that greedily soak up PFAS “forever chemicals,” then ferry them safely out of ...

"If our lake is in danger, then our livelihood is in danger," said a local business owner who is raising funds and awareness.

Thriving microbe communities living in the most-polluted spots in the US offer insight into how to clean up the mess of ...

A long-awaited scientific report commissioned by Polk County says farm pollution threatens the ability to drink clean water.

Microbial activity in flowback and produced water (FPW) may negatively influence shale oil and gas extraction. However, the impacts of using recycled produced water (RPW) for subsequent fracturing ...

Japan has started releasing wastewater into the ocean. But this isn’t the kind of wastewater that flows from city streets into stormwater drains. It’s treated nuclear wastewater used to cool ...

Banner image: A coral reef around Nukuoro Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia, where microbial-based monitoring is undertaken to assess reef health. Image courtesy of Alyson Santoro/WHOI.