Green Risks

With the notable exception of Manassas Park,  water bills in our region have  been increasing. Manassas Park has finally surrendered its tit...

There was a Town Hall meeting held at Jenkins Elementary School on Thursday, June 2nd  2022 about the changes planned in land us in the Comp...

 As part of the annual maintenance program for the regional water distribution systems in Virginia and Washington DC, on March 21st , 2022 F...

According to the Izaak Walton League of America in Virginia : “The data collected by Virginia Save Our Streams volunteers shows, without a d...

Each summer for the past few years, toxic blue green algae has been found in in our region. The problem appears to be growing worse. This pa...

 In the waning days of this administration the White House is preparing to sign the U.S.EPA's first updates to the nation's lead and...

Every year public water suppliers are required to issue an annual drinking water quality report to their customers before July first of the ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $1,981,500 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virgini...

The use of chlorine, chloramines and ozone to disinfect drinking water has virtually eliminated the incidence of such waterborne diseases as...

from NRDC On Tuesday the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released their report: “What’s in Your Water? Flint and Beyond.” This...

On March 7th Fairfax Water and the Arlington Department of Environmental Services began flushing their water distribution systems. Each spri...

The ability to expand and sustain any region in the United States is directly connected to the health and sustainability of the Region’s in...

For over a week in the middle of last January Charleston, West Virginia and the surrounding communities were without drinking water due to c...

Spring really is just around the corner and so the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named this week the sixth annual Fix a ...

It’s National Groundwater Awareness Week (March 10-16, 2014). According to George Harlow at the US Geological Survey (USGS) in Richmond, V...

In the March 3rd 2014 Time Magazine, Alice Park reminds us that low level exposure to many substances can impact development in children. On...

For about a week in the middle of January Charleston (and the surrounding communities) was without drinking water when a leak was discovered...