A possible solution for one form of water pollution is moving out of the lab and into the field in Nebraska, in a development that could revive some unused wells and save some towns a lot of money.
Residents of Ohio's rural Perry County, about an hour southeast of Columbus, say life there is peaceful in large part because of their neighbor: the 4,500-acre state forest. But they worry the forest and their livelihoods may soon be disturbed.
A team of University of Illinois students has come up with a solution to help prevent storm water pollution on campus. Their design just won first place in a national EPA Campus RainWater Challenge.
The Illinois EPA says a cattle farm operated by Gabe Shepherd violated the state Environmental Protection Act and other laws when it allowed manure to spill into Stony Creek and the Salt Fork, killing nearly 100,000 fish.
