Phosphorus Continues to Plague Lake Champlain

According to the 2008 State of the Lake report by the Lake Champlain Basin Program, several areas of Lake Champlain -- which is vital for commerce and tourism for both upstate New

Onondaga Lake Is Recovering

Onondaga LakeOnondaga Lake known as one of the most polluted waterways within the U.S is on its way to fantastic recovery.

Suffolk County to Change Fertilizer

Suffolk lawmakers are working to improve the quality of groundwater by reducing the use of nitrogen based fertizliers. 

A law that will be submitted to the legislature by the end of this week will place restrictions on fertilzer as well as educate landscapers and residents about the environmental concerns of over-fertilizing.

Suffern Seeks Investigation Of Chloride

Rising levels of chloride have been found in Suffern's water, which is being traced back to runoff from the New York State Thruway's snow and ice-clearing operations. Dennis Lindsay, the village's consulting engineer, has asked the Rockland County Department of Health to organize municipalities and water suppliers to investigate the matter.

NYC Gets Waiver On Drinking Water Filtration

New York City's drinking water is clean enough that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency won't require most of it to be filtered for at least another 10 years. 

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, city Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd and EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson made that announcement yesterday as they threw back glasses of tap water.

DEC Expected To Decide On Lloyd Aquifer Use Soon

The Department of Environmental Conservation is expected to weigh in soon on whether the Suffolk County Water Authority can tap the Lloyd Aquifer, Long Island's deep

Hempstead: What's in the Water?

The Village of Hempstead, acknowledged that the level of trichloroethylene (TCE), an industrial solvent, found in its Well No. 5 was the highest ever recorded at that well. At the moment the well remains off-line and the source of contamination is still unknown. Well No. 5 is one of the nine used to serve the village's 56,000 residents.

Westchester May Ban Certain Fertilizers

Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano has proposed a tough ban on phosphorous-based fertilizers.

Clean Enough to Drink

In a New York Times article written today, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deemed New York City's main water source in the Caskill Mountains "so clean that it does not need to be filtered for another decade or longer."

A Public Health Debate in Dutchess County

Dutchess County Executive William Steinhaus has vetoed a law that would force property owners in the county to test their private wells for water contamination. The veto has triggered a debate in the county over what to do when private property becomes a public health concern.