Water Quality

Removing nutrients from Lake Erie reduces harmful algal blooms and low-oxygen "dead zones," but may also impact food supplies for yellow perch, hurting some fisheries.

Lots of Ohio cities use road salt for a simple reason: it works and it’s cheap. But there’s a drawback: pollution of Ohio's waterways.

Gov. Mike DeWine says the H2Ohio program will now test for forever chemicals in 29 of the state's large rivers.

The water quality study did not look at the Ohio River, which was listed as one of the most endangered rivers in the country in a study earlier this year.

The funds will allow the lab to be temporarily relocated while the facility is remodeled with state of the art equipment.

Activists recently petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up the Ohio River.The petition calls for federally mandated numeric water…

In many rural cities across the U.S., residents don’t have access to clean water. Lead, pesticides, and other chemicals continue contaminate wells and…

Billions of dollars have been allocated to restoring the Great Lakes – money spent cleaning up pollution, preventing invasive species and educating the…

Historically, the environmental movement hasn’t always been welcoming to people of color – and issues that are important to them. But to change the…

Last week the Columbus Division of Water announced that rains and showers have driven contaminants into the Scioto River, raising nitrate levels in the…