Maryland’s largest water utility is joining a national trend of suing manufacturers who produce PFAS (“forever chemicals”) used in...

My family is shocked that PFAS is in makeup, cookware, furniture, carpets, and rain gear. They are in disbelief that there isn’t much...

The East Palestine train wreck is just the most recent example of our struggles with communication of environmental disasters in our...

The May 25, 2023, Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency adds clarity for...

Diversifying the number of sources in a public drinking water system has positives and negatives. According to one source, approximately...

1. What is PFAS? PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, are fluorinated carbon-chain compounds. PFAS has been used in...

PFAS is an issue filled with complexity, difficulty, and uncertainty. The good news is that the USEPA does a good job with technical...

Root cause analysis (RCA) is a collective term that describes a wide range of approaches, tools, and techniques used to uncover the...

South Carolina appears in many evaluations as one of the top ten states that are susceptible to climate change. One climate change source...

On June 15, 2022, US EPA reduced the current Health Advisory Levels (HALs) of 70 parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS (combined) to 0.004...

I moderated a powerful session at the Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) Annual Conference concerning shallow, relatively small...

JD Solomon serves as a co-author with Dr. Diane Lauritsen for this paper at the 2022 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) in Grand...

North Carolina recently moved to regulate a class of "connecting" wetlands due to a permitting gap that resulted from the Biden...

The USEPA release of new assessment tools to thwart harmful algal blooms is a step in the right direction. In particular, the new...

Emerging compounds are much like illicit drugs – manufacturers are continually creating new “designer” versions to make our lives a...

Drinking treated wastewater is still a few years away because there is not enough demand for it. The technology exists that makes it...

Waters of the United States (WOTUS) are based on the federal Clean Water Act. The goal of the Clean Water Act is to restore and maintain...

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) applies to environmental issues in the same way RCA applies to equipment failures or business process failures....

Understanding your risks relative to an uncertain future usually involves some type of model.

It is a too late to start a new effort for the upcoming hurricane season but there is still time to improve operational resilience.