Nearly one in five wells in the United States contains traces of at least one element that exceeds human health standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to a U.S.

Good news for the shale gas industry in a report released today by the U.S. Geological Survey: A study that examined the water quality of 127 shallow domestic wells in the Fayetteville Shale natural ...

HINKLEY >> The U.S. Geological Survey has begun collecting private well water samples here as part of a $5.4 million study of the area to determine how much of a cancer-causing chemical in the ...

RESTON, Va., May 25 (UPI) -- Scientists say more than 20 percent of untreated water samples from 932 U.S. public wells contain at least one contaminant of possible health concern. The U.S. Geological ...

The commissioners have cancelled several meetings with members of the Geauga County Township Association to decide whether or not to continue a 40-year practice of having the US Geological Survey test ...

Marcellus and Utica wells in southwestern Pennsylvania are among the thirstiest, according to new research. Southwestern Pennsylvania's shale-gas wells are thirsty things, among the thirstiest in the ...

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More than one-third of the U.S. population uses drinking water from contaminated public wells, according to a 14-year-long study by the U.S. Geological Survey that was released late last week. The ...