DEP responds to reported sheen, smell in Kanawha River in Charleston

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection said it is investigating what caused a sheen and petroleum odor in the Kanawha River in Charleston.Afte ...
HeraldNet

To save salmon from pollution, volunteers sample Everett’s stormwater

EVERETT — At low tide along the Everett waterfront, two volunteers eyed the rocky shore and steep decline toward a stormwater drain. Retirees Claudia Douglass and Lynn Lichtenberg took turns trekking ...
The News Journal

Rehoboth Beach samples stormwater as part of outfall project

Rehoboth Beach officials want to make sure the water quality at its beaches remain among the best in the nation when the new ocean outfall project is complete. Between now and September, the city of ...
The Bellingham Herald

Cold and dark? No problem. Meet the volunteers testing Bellingham’s stormwater for pollution

Layered up for the winter weather, donning rubber boots and headlamps, a crew of four volunteers — mostly retirees — headed out on a 43-degree evening in December to test for water pollution at three ...