The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. An increased use of agricultural drainage tile is one reason a 2025 deadline to reduce nitrate and ...

Increasing use of nitrogen-based fertilizer over the last half-century is putting Americans' health at risk. Excess nitrate in drinking water increases the risk of cancer, birth defects and thyroid ...

Minnesota farm groups are pushing back against calls for tighter oversight of underground drainage tile as environmental advocates warn of nitrate pollution and erosion risks.

The sight of the first snow on the horizon of Bill Wiley’s 500-acre farm in Shelby County, Ohio, is a welcome relief. The 2024 growing season has been incredibly dry. “We are about eight inches behind ...

Scientists have developed a new edge-of-field water-treatment system that reduces the load of excess nutrients washing into waterways from farm drainage systems. Their method combines a woodchip ...

More than a thousand streams in eastern Ohio, including Sunday Creek in Millfield, are polluted by acid mine drainage. The water running through Sunday Creek rambles without a hint of wildlife. There ...

Addressing mining's impact on water quality requires a shift from simply managing volume to actively preventing and treating contamination.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Greene County alone will spend more than $500,000 this year on stormwater management. The system is designed to protect homes from flooding and reduce pollution in our streams ...