Q What is “nonpoint source pollution”? How much of a problem is it and how can it be controlled? A Unlike pollution that comes from specific industrial factories, sewage treatment plants and ...

Nonpoint source pollution, characterized by its diffuse origins and transport mechanisms, remains a central barrier to global ...

States must identify water bodies that will not achieve water quality standards without controlling pollution from nonpoint sources and then submit to the EPA a plan for controlling nonpoint ...

The Clean Water Act has reached its 50th anniversary. Still befuddling federal regulators is nonpoint-source pollution — a technocratic term describing pesticides, oil, fertilizers, toxins ...

EGLE announced approximately $3.5 million in grant funds to watersheds this year, as part of their annual effort to control and prevent nonpoint source pollution. "We really try to get it every ...

Other forms of nonpoint source water pollution are less visible, and frequently are subject to the “out of sight, out of mind” mentality. These include pesticides, fertilizers, and bacteria.

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is accepting applications for $1 million in funding for nonpoint source pollution reduction projects under the Clean Water Act ...

Catastrophes like the flooding of the Eagle Mine in the 1980s make headlines and spur change, but it may come as a surprise to learn that it is the small, everyday spills that are the leading cause of ...

A nonpoint source management plan allows a state to be eligible for grants through the federal Clean Water Act that address nonpoint source pollution. Iowa drafted its first plan in 1990 and ...