FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Harbor Branch on the Treasure Coast found that sewage, not excess fertilizers, is the main reason the Indian River Lagoon ...

As an environmental scientist with 35 years of experience in water quality and a Marine Resources Council lagoon watch monitor for several years, I saw firsthand the deterioration of the Indian River ...

For a decade, local lawmakers pointed to fertilizer as a key killer of the Indian River Lagoon. Others warned septic tanks and sewage spills were more at fault for the foul brown tides and other ...

CHAPIN, S.C. — It's no news that the Town of Chapin is growing, but you can't have growth without accommodating infrastructure. In this case, it's wastewater management. "As the years went on and ...

The Town of Carberry will hold a public hearing later this month as it looks to borrow money to build a new sewage lagoon.

The Town of Palisade is pursuing a federal grant that would help it fund the remediation and regrading of its sewer lagoons and turn a portion of that property into a constructed wetlands for ...

MINOT — Our nation is closing in on $37 trillion in debt, which represents almost 123% of our gross domestic product. That's a problem we have to fix, and spending cuts have to be part of the equation ...

Unless you like bathing in untreated sewage, stay away from the Malibu Lagoon for the next couple of days. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued beach closures for Malibu ...