ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Regulators can apply strict drinking water standards to limit groundwater pollution from North America's top-producing iron mine, the state Supreme Court ruled...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether to allow two groups to go to trial with a lawsuit claiming Iowa has allowed crop and hog farmers to pollute the...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The state of Vermont is seeking the public's input on how roughly $30 million should be used to clean up water pollution around the state.

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A dispute between Washington state dairies and the Environmental Protection Agency over groundwater contamination is being argued in federal court.

BOSTON (AP) — Large private-property owners eventually could be required to limit the amount of phosphorous they discharge into stormwater that ends up in the Charles River.

CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — A manufacturer of commercial explosives will pay a $2.9 million civil penalty and make substantial improvements to plants in Missouri to settle a federal lawsuit contending it...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Republicans hastily put together a bill addressing PFAS contamination and pushed it through to the Senate early Friday, just moments before adjourning for...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality fined a creamery for river water pollution caused by dumping milk, officials said.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources board granted the agency permission Tuesday to start drawing up contentious manure and fertilizer restrictions for areas prone to...

AMANA, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials are hoping to reduce water pollution by addressing problems in the small waterways that zigzag throughout the state, and they believe something as simple as name...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials have warned a federal agency in a letter that a proposal to streamline water quality laws would cripple their authority to protect drinking water, streams...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia State University is working with the state environmental department to figure out how to keep groundwater safe from pollutants.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources board is poised to move forward on extensive rewrites of Wisconsin's water pollution regulations that could cost well-users, farmers...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina regulators have fined a Virginia-based energy company for allowing sediment runoff from a pipeline project to pollute drinking water sources.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the EPA cracking down on California water quality (all times local):

12:35 p.m.

San Francisco's mayor has rejected a federal claim that there is a...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Supreme Court has reversed a lower-court ruling that struck down a water pollution permit for a large coal mine near Colstrip.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on a bid by environmentalists to get Nevada to rescind a water permit for a mining project they say would create an acidic open-pit lake that could pollute...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators have cut millions of dollars from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' budget proposals to reduce water pollution.

HOYT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine in Minnesota (all times local):

1 p.m.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ordered a hearing on alleged...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — ConocoPhillips has settled a lawsuit with homeowners in northwestern Oklahoma City who accused the energy company of polluting their water supply and soil to such a degree...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York State has unveiled a $585 million plan to combat the plume of groundwater pollution that has been spreading from the former Northrop and Grumman and Navy facilities in...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state lumber company has agreed to a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency over allegations of water pollution.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some Minnesota lawmakers want to tighten rules for the safe storage of toxic waste from metal mining.

Legislators are proposing new regulations as two proposed...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul changed the state Department of Justice's stance Thursday in a pair of far-reaching environmental lawsuits, siding with a conservation...

HOUSTON (AP) — Water pollution charges were filed Monday against a company that owns a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility where a large fire that burned for days in March caused chemicals...

OSCODA, Mich. (AP) — A Pentagon official is scheduled to visit a northern Michigan community where toxic chemicals from a former U.S. Air Force base are polluting drinking water.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two Tennessee environmental groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the federal Clean Water Act applies to pollution from a coal ash dump.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — State lawmakers are weighing whether to axe Alaska's on-board cruise ship inspectors program.

Alaska's Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition filed by environmental groups that asked the agency to withdraw the Iowa Department of Natural Resources'...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In a story March 20 about Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' water quality task force's first meeting, The Associated Press reported erroneously that infants afflicted with blue baby...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a legislative task force dealing with water pollution (all times local):

10:45 a.m.

State environmental, agricultural and health officials are...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont attorney general's office says more than two dozen of the country's biggest gasoline refiners, including ExxonMobil and Shell Oil Company, are paying a $3.8...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A utility is denying allegations by two environmental groups that it violated the Clean Water Act in operating a coal-fired power plant in New Hampshire.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa farm and its managers have been given probation in a water pollution case.

Federal prosecutors for Iowa said in a news release Thursday that Etcher Family...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators began a push Tuesday to streamline Wisconsin's water pollution credit-trading system, introducing a bill that would create a clearinghouse that they say...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers will call for allowing state environmental and agricultural officials to borrow nearly $70 million more over the next two years to combat water pollution and replace lead pipes in his first state budget, following through on his pledge to attack drinking water contamination during his first year in office.

BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan beet sugar company will pay $562,500 in fines and environmental restoration costs for air and water pollution violations under a deal with the state Department of Environmental Quality.

MILL SPRING, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina equestrian center that played host to the FEI World Equestrian Games last year has been fined for water quality violations.

The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the state Department of Environmental Quality issued a civil penalty of $64,437 to the managers of the Tryon International Equestrian Center.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A wastewater treatment and collection system serving 10 Lakes Region communities in New Hampshire has been recognized for its compliance, safety and public outreach.

The Winnipesaukee River Basin Program was honored as the Wastewater Plant of the Year by the New Hampshire Water Pollution Control Association.

The system was built over 40 years ago and is managed by the state Department of Environmental Services.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A dozen state and national health and environment groups are calling on Oregon leaders and legislators to impose a moratorium on new or expanded mega-dairies.