As U.S. oil and gas production increased this past decade, so, too, did spills of salty oilfield wastewater that can foul the land, kill wildlife and threaten freshwater supplies. An Associated Press ...

New Market residents in Madison County are concerned that a wastewater treatment plant near Winchester Road on the Flint River will pollute the backyard waterway they use for that and fishing. They ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: While thankfully we’re having a respite from having to take precautions against the COVID-19 virus, the highly ...

From untreated sewage, to water quality, to finances, representatives from the city of Oronoco and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency answered questions Thursday about a proposed wastewater ...

Consistent, widespread testing of the community’s wastewater for COVID-19 has been long-awaited as traditional, public-health metrics have struggled to fully capture the spread of the virus in the ...

Oilfield wastewater is the fluid that comes to the surface when oil and gas are pumped out of the earth. Some is salty residue from ancient seas in underground rock formations. The rest is fresh water ...