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Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2011; Case ID# CR_2177 (Iowa)
Industrial Laundromat discharges oil and grease contaminated wastewater to public treatment works for nearly three years, fined $450,000

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The rush to stockpile critical minerals is on
US and Canada have promised to expedite new mining permits, eyeing the deep seabed outside of international authority, ISA. Can we satisfy our appetite for critical minerals without cataclysmic planetary damage?

US Bureau
Clean Water Files
Demand Enviro-nomics
How every reader influences drinking water and environmental conservation, by many small, daily choices

Safe Drinking Water Act
WTLA.us Serious Violator List January 2026
62.5% of Louisiana's licensed Drinking Water Facilities are compliant with National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. Serious Violator facilities serve 10% of LA residents

USA Bureau
SDWA Drinking Water Facility Profile
 River Road Water System
This Serious Violator is expected to supply potable water to a 4 million sq ft data center

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Toxic Ocean mystery unfolding in Papua New Guinea
Hundreds of children among more than 750 local residents fallen ill from contact with the water
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RECENT ARTICLES

US Bureau
The rush to stockpile critical minerals is on
US and Canada have promised to expedite new mining permits, eyeing the deep seabed outside of international authority, ISA. Can we satisfy our appetite for critical minerals without cataclysmic planetary damage?

Canada Bureau
FROM MILAN TO CHINA, A NEW CHAPTER FOR DESSERTO
In Mexico, innovators created Desserto, a plant-based material made from nopal cactus. It offers a sustainable alternative to traditional leather, requiring minimal water, no pesticides, and allowing the plant to regrow after harvesting.

Canada Bureau
BIOLOGICAL TOOLS SOLVING MINING CHALLENGES
New parternship set to grow BC's expertise in biomining

International Files
Toxic Ocean mystery unfolding in Papua New Guinea
Hundreds of children among more than 750 local residents fallen ill from contact with the water

Mexico Bureau
IN TIJUANA, PEOPLE MARCH FOR MANY THINGS
Water Is Not One of Them.
By Vicente Calderón. TIJUANA, Mexico

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RECENT REPORTS

US Bureau
Clean Water Files
Demand Enviro-nomics
How every reader influences drinking water and environmental conservation, by many small, daily choices

WHY COLORADO RIVER NEGOTIATIONS ARE SO DIFFICULT
On the day of a Nov. 11 federal deadline for states to submit a water management plan for the Colorado River, negotiations remain deadlocked.
High Country News - With permission

Clean Water Files
US EPA celebrates the revival of Lake Muskegon
 The 8th such Area of Concern successfully rehabilitated in the USA

...More Recent Reports

SDWA Profiles

USA Bureau
SDWA Drinking Water Facility Profile
 River Road Water System
This Serious Violator is expected to supply potable water to a 4 million sq ft data center

SDWA Box
 Town of White Castle
BWA lifted

Safe Drinking Water Act
WTLA.us Serious Violator List January 2026
62.5% of Louisiana's licensed Drinking Water Facilities are compliant with National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. Serious Violator facilities serve 10% of LA residents

SDWA Box
 Sulphur City Water
BWA lifted

SDWA Box - Drinking Water Facility Profiles
 Town of Elton Water System
BWA lifted for Town of Elton Residents

...More SDWA Profiles

HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS

US Bureau
 Ohio Workgroup for Water Resource Management
The multi agency gathering reinforces the shared clean water mission, purpose and goals. Good news, the collaborative approach is working

LA HAB Tracker
 from NOAA NCCOS satellite monitoring program
 Avoca Island cutoff with high concentration HAB

...More Harmful Algae Blooms

SPILLS

Hazardous Spill File
 Sewage release in Region 2 Watershed

Hazardous Spill File
 Sewage release in Region 7 Watershed

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FLOWS

Streamflow Situation
From the network of USGS real time streamflow monitors in Louisiana
 Beryl filling the west and central LA waterways

Streamflow Situation
From the network of USGS real time streamflow monitors in Louisiana
 Beryl spikes streamflow levels in the west

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Crime Box

US Bureau
 CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2011; Case ID# CR_2177 (Iowa)
Industrial Laundromat discharges oil and grease contaminated wastewater to public treatment works for nearly three years, fined $450,000

US Bureau
 CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_2233 (Indiana)
Mint farmer placed on 8 months home detention for illegal discharges

US Bureau
 CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_2375 (Indiana)
Municipal Wastewater Plant fails to report untreated sewage overflows, judge sentences a year in prison

CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_2313 (Indiana)
Polymer plant employee overflows the wastewater tank

CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2013; Case ID# CR_2500 (Ohio)
Ohio oil and gas company owner sent to jail overnight for dredging out a wastewater reservoir to contaminate a Monroe County creek

...More Crime Box





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