water pollution

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project reviewed 174 reports made to the state spills database from 2019 through the first half of 2024 that specifically related to pollution of storm drains and some of the main surface waters that feed the Great Salt Lake.

Utah Lake is a defining landmark of Provo but “people don't see it as a valuable and desirable ecosystem,” says a BYU professor.

Pollutants like E. coli in the Jordan River harm aquatic life and the watershed.

Toxic dust from the drying lake bed is becoming airborne and researchers from Utah State University are seeking answers blowing in the wind.

The nation’s top environmental regulator announced plans Tuesday to put new limits on the science behind pollution regulations.EPA Administrator Scott…

Environmental officials can’t say when the algal blooms that are poisoning local lakes and streams might fade. But there are already signs this summer’s…

Two cement-company partners and their businesses are accused of illegally dumping building waste in wetlands near the Jordan River.Federal, state and…

Two Utah congressmen want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to explain how it spilled millions of gallons of polluted mine water last month into…

Four protestors have been arrested after disrupting construction of a tar sands mine in the Book Cliffs of Utah Monday. Environmental activists say…

About three* million gallons of wastewater laden with heavy metals is making its way towards the San Juan River in southeast Utah. The wastewater was…