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In an effort to reduce environmental damage from acid mine drainage, EPA is taking comment on new data concerning remining practices that retrieve coal from abandoned mines.

The EPA is calling for information on incidents of ground water contamination possibly due to hydraulic fracturing of coalbed methane wells.

Former El Paso mayor Carlos Ramirez recently took his oath of office as of commissioner of the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation purchased water from two irrigation districts and sent it to the drought-stricken Klamath Basin, Ore., the winter home of hundreds of bald eagles.

U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman moved forward on a decision to clean up PCB pollution from the upper Hudson River.

Pollution-related beach closings and advisories soared last year, according to the National Resource Defense Council's eleventh annual beach report.

The Senate recently voted 67 to 33 to support a compromise White House plan for new oil and gas drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

The California Department of Health Services recently issued a report that presents an overview of the results of public drinking water supply monitoring from 1984 through 2000.

The Senate has approved a spending bill for fiscal year 2002 containing millions of dollars for key New Mexico water and wastewater projects.

A 250-ton mechanical mole punched through the earth's surface recently, leaving in its wake a large-diameter tunnel, 8 miles long, to serve as a critical water line for Southern California.