They will take five sampling runs every month and they're monitoring over a broader area trying to get a better understanding of what's actually happening. The department's regional manager, Alex Purvis, says some contamination is expected during wet weather, but the readings are unusually high. Mr Purvis says the council will do more water sampling to try and pinpoint whether the contamination is from humans or animals. Clarence council urged to continue water pollution probe. The council...

The Flint water pollution control facility discharged about a half-million gallons of a treated mixture of storm water and sewage from its retention and treatment basin into the Flint River during heavy rain from 4-10 p. Because the river was high and moving quickly, any potential danger has since diminished, said Guy Baumgart, operations foreman at the water pollution control facility. Water samples are being tested. Friday and was blamed on heavy rain and a land drainage failure. As a...

And on state wildlife areas, the foremost reason is wildlife and wildlife habitat. But what if the opportunity arose where a state wildlife area, teeming with elk, deer, bear and wild turkeys, could give up its energy resources, suffer virtually no visible or surface impact, and earn the state as much as $100 million? So far, the BLM has acquiesced to the DOW when it comes to leasing out mineral rights below state lands, but how much longer that might last is anyones guess, especially with...

Water Ecology Teams, working with community organizations, will educate youth and community members on the importance of eliminating non-source pollution in this ecologically fragile watershed, she added. These students will help measure the temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity of the water in selected locations, Goeders said. Program efforts are focused on East Austin where current opportunities for youth to participate in hands-on, science-based ecology programs are limited,...

A 50-year plan has been unveiled to reshape one of the north-east of England's most popular forests, created to aid Britain's post-war recovery. Conifer trees, which make up 85% of the forest, will be replaced with oak and ash to give a "huge boost" to wildlife. Birds like spotted flycatcher and tree pipit could benefit, along with other species that have dwindled because of habitat loss. This blueprint recognises the vast potential of the wood to deliver a multitude of benefits - not...

Comment: China must pay pollution debt now or face bankruptcy 04 Dec 2006 Pan Yue FOR a decade, the world has wondered when China s leaders will recognise the staggering environmental crisis confronting their country. But more realistic estimates put environmental damage at 8-13 per cent of China s GDP growth each year, which means that China has lost almost everything it has gained since the late 1970s due to pollution. But will all this talk amount to real progress? While the central...

Part of the This Is Local London Network. The trust's water vole expert Alison Washbrook said: "The Mimram is vitally important for water voles as it has lots of great habitat, such as wide fringes of bankside vegetation, and is also not well-used by American mink, one of the main culprits for water vole losses across the UK. The trust's water vole expert Alison Washbrook said: "The Mimram is vitally important for water voles as it has lots of great habitat, such as wide fringes of...

As our technology has become more complex, however, and as development has encroached on nature, new threats have arisen from the changing environment. We are exposed to numerous chemical pollutants in the air, water and the food we eat, and to radiation from electrical appliances, radioactive substances and UV rays which are increasingly implicated in raised risk for illnesses like cancer, and reproductive and developmental problems. We are exposed to numerous chemical pollutants in the...

Although 23 percent of Earth's tropical forests are formally protected, only 8 percent of cropland and natural vegetation mosaic habitats receive the same protection. Such sites cover a wide variety of habitats and are often located in biodiversity hotspots. While global protected areas, including nature reserves, parks, and areas protected by treaties, protect some aspects of biodiversity, shortcomings remain: the areas only cover certain habitats and local people often resent their...