EPA Proposes Water Efficiency Standard

July 9, 2008–EPA is developing a voluntary water efficiency standard for new single-family homes and townhomes.

Corps Withholds Dam Inventory Data

July 3, 2008–The Army Corps of Engineers has stopped giving the public access to a database that shows how well federal agencies are doing at dam safety.

Many Eyes: Take a Fresh Look at Drinking Water Reports

June 25, 2008–Reports are coming out, as required by law, telling consumers what contaminants are in their local utility's drinking water. What's in yours?

EPA Beach Contamination Data Online

June 11, 2008–EPA announced May 29, 2008, that its assembled data on beach closings in 2007 is available online. You can look up beaches in the Great Lakes, along the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts, and for five US territories.

TOOLBOX: EPA Site Posts State-by-State Impaired Waters Data

June 11, 2008–With a click or two, you can get to all the data about your state's waters which are too impaired for their designated uses.

Read It Now: Suppressed CDC Great Lakes Toxics Report

March 26, 2008–After Congressional Democrats criticized them for suppressing a report on toxic substances in the Great Lakes, and after an independent investigative journalism group published excerpts, the Centers for Disease Control finally published it March 12, 2008.

Utilities Say Public Can't Handle the Truth About Drugs in Water

March 26, 2008–When water providers find pharmaceuticals in drinking water, they rarely tell the public.

AP Water Series Highlights Information Blackout

March 12, 2008–Can the public be trusted with information about drugs in their drinking water?

Navy Publishes Draft EIS for Sonar

March 5, 2008–The US Navy seeks comments on its proposed rules for using sonar for its Atlantic Fleet training exercises

Great Lakes Study Suppressed

February 27, 2008–For more than seven months, the nation's top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states.