Wetlands are an important part of the ecological system, providing a myriad of benefits for people, wildlife, and the ...

Four local projects are among the nine statewide awarded a total of $19 million in Virginia DEQ grants aimed at reducing water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Pay-For-Outcomes Nonpoint ...

Agricultural non-point source pollution refers to pollutant emissions from scattered pollution sources such as agricultural production activities and rural domestic sewage. It has a wide range of ...

Agricultural non-point source (NPS) pollution is a major cause of water quality degradation, with pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus carried by farmland surface runoff being important sources.

Hallie Schwab (Open Space Institute) Abigail Weinberg (Open Space Institute) Steve Epting (United States Environmental Protection Agency) Elise Turrietta (United States Environmental Protection Agency ...

Carpenter, S. R., Caraco, N. F., Correll, David L., Howarth, R. W., Sharpley, A. N., and Smith, V. H. 1998. "Nonpoint pollution of surface waters with phosphorus and ...

A federal appeals court has rejected a legal argument that it has determined would render an agricultural exemption to the Clean Water Act a “dead letter.” The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ...

Legislation introduced in Congress by a bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers offers a promising approach to ridding the Chesapeake Bay of the pollutants that threaten its future. Republican Reps.