Grist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Oil spills may be dramatic and devastating, but they’re not the biggest contributor to ocean oil pollution — not by a long shot. According to the report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “ Oil in the Sea ,” these sources are by far the largest and fastest-growing contributor to ocean oil pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For more than a decade, fertilizer leaching and associated stormwater runoff were thought to be the major drivers of harmful algal blooms in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. Study finds even ‘properly functioning’ septic systems contaminate groundwater and surface water, as a group from Florida Atlantic University explains.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. Many Americans are familiar with sea-level rise.

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