LOWELL – More good news may be on the way for Greater Lowell and other Merrimack Valley towns impacted by combined sewer overflows and other water and wastewater infrastructure challenges. Key provisions from U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s Stop Sewage Overflows Act — bipartisan legislation she introduced earlier this year in collaboration with Illinois Republican U.S…. >> Read More
LOWELL – More good news may be on the way for Greater Lowell and other Merrimack Valley towns impacted by combined sewer overflows and other water and wastewater infrastructure challenges. Key provisions from U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s Stop Sewage Overflows Act — bipartisan legislation she introduced earlier this year in collaboration with Illinois Republican U.S…. >> Read More
Growing up in Southampton, Bryan McGowin spent his summers swimming in a beautiful local pond. Now in his 40s, McGowin won’t let his kids into the water. “If you drink that now, you will get sick,” said McGowin. Across the New York coastal community better known as the Hamptons, residents face perilously declining water quality,… >> Read More
OLD TOWN – If you were buying sunscreen from the Old Town Walgreens, it was in stock Tuesday – but you might have had to climb over a giant pile of dirt and bricks, then avoid falling into a trench, to get it. A construction crew tore through the convenience store’s floor Tuesday, pulling up… >> Read More
Just two years after California celebrated the end of its last devastating drought, the state is facing another one. Snowpack has dwindled to nearly nothing, the state’s 1,500 reservoirs are at only 50% of their average levels, and federal and local agencies have begun to issue water restrictions. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a drought… >> Read More