Ashtabula River restoration sets example for Great Lakes cleanups
It was once considered among the worst of the Great Lakes Areas of Concern, but several years and millions of dollars later the Ashtabula River might soon be stricken from[…]
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U.S. researchers lend a hand to Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán
Lake Atitlán has been plagued by wastewater and watershed runoff for years, prompting the Global Nature Fund to dub it the “Threatened Lake of the Year” in 2009. The lake,[…]
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$1.5 billion cost predicted to clean Raleigh’s drinking water
There is cause for concern about the drinking water in North Carolina’s capital, and officials say it will take 25 years and $1.5 billion to rid its source of contaminants.[…]
Dredging planned to clean up River Raisin AOC
The River Raisin, a Great Lakes Area of Concern in southeastern Michigan, once contained some of the highest concentrations of toxic PCBs ever found in water. The river has been[…]
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