This Week's News: Advocates urge for clean water, nitrate contamination of Minnesota waters, power players block groundwater conservation, farmers call for safety net for contaminated ground, asian carp tracking and removal, EPA to require removal of lead drinking water pipes, relocating endangered mussels, reproduction of the Eastern Hellbender, changes to Howell Island, increasing Missouri temperatures, near-record low on the Mississippi, the depths of Crater Lake, and ten facts about the Mississippi 

This Week's News: Renowned researcher discusses water quality, water pollution control: new public notice, groups inspire future students, low waters and shipping woes, 'Super El Niño' to help Missouri; Minnesotans drinking contaminated water, leaders stress water is safe, untreated wastewater discharge, climate crisis severity, and the fight to keep water clean.

This Week's News: DNR proposes permit denial for meatpacking facility in southwest MO, SLUDGE group formed over Denali waste,  a $68K Clean Water Act fine in St. Louis, signs of water crisis in SE Kansas, lobbying efforts to thwart federal PFAS legislation, a 2023 climate assessment, tire chemical threatening salmon, flooding recap report, and a spotlight on the grotto sculpin in Perry County, MO. 

This Week's News: Missouri sued over sludge, a spill investigation in southwest Missouri, H2Ozarks receives septic tank remediation grant, MU School of Journalism survey of Mississippi River Basin residents' environmental understanding, a tangle of groundwater rules falling short, a grant to help restore the lower Mississippi River Delta, an Ozarks hike near the Eleven Point, duckweed prevalence on Lake Taneycomo, the building of the dam and zebra mussels at Bull Shoals Lake, and learn how trout are raised with MDC.