Canada Groundwater contamination a growing problem CBC News · Posted: May 15, 2002 8:26 PM PDT | Last Updated: May 15, 2002 ...

Groundwater that fills the wells in the Village of Portland is contaminated with disease-causing bacteria, a range of drugs and probably hard-to-detect viruses, say… ...

But more than funding is needed. There is no point inventorying groundwater if governments continue to allow polluters to cover up contamination and other abuses with non-disclosure agreements.

One way to deal with BTEX contamination is to dig up the soil or pump the groundwater to the surface, where it can be exposed to oxygen. This encourages the growth of natural organisms that can break ...

Days after the CBC's arsenic report in December, the provincial government announced it would supply 2,000 free mineral test kits to well owners as part of a groundwater study.

The Central Ground Water Board’s latest report on groundwater quality in the country reveals widespread contamination, with nearly 20 per cent of samples exceeding permissible pollutant limits. About ...

He recommended that no fracking be allowed in lowland valley areas. In 1987 the EPA even reported its first documented case of groundwater contamination due to fracking in West Virginia.

Unregulated contaminated water systems were more likely to be found in larger systems (serving more than 10,000 people), urban systems, and systems using groundwater.

BY STACEY SHEPARD, Californian staff writere-mail: [email protected] May 8, 2007 May 8, 2007Updated Sep 13, 2016 ...