Catawba County commissioners approved funding to treat lyngbya on Lake Norman at the board's Feb. 17 meeting. Commissioners ...

Treatment plants use a combination of tools to keep toxins and contaminants out of drinking water. Researchers with the ...

While red tide counts reportedly fell in parts of Florida's Gulf coast, the toxic algae is suspected in the recent deaths of a manatee and a dolphin.

The proliferations have become increasingly common in recent years and can have health and economic impacts in affected areas ...

The Army Corps of Engineers released over 54.29 billion gallons of water into the St. Lucie River from Dec. 7 through Jan. 23 ...

DOH says coastal residents should keep their window and doors closed and use air conditioning instead of the sea breeze to cool their homes at this time because the air is potentially toxic.

The Lee County area is the hot spot now, according to recent state reports, which show high toxicity counts here. Fish and ...

LOCAR is a proposed reservoir to hold 65.17 billion gallons of Lake Okeechobee water, some of which gets discharged to the St ...

The vast majority of the water flowing into the St. Lucie Estuary is from local communities — not Lake Okeechobee.' After the head of the Florida Oceanographic Society blamed recent algae blooms ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. A business competition to tackle environmental and infrastructure issues in ...