Pharmaceuticals and other contaminants from treated municipal wastewater can travel into shallow groundwater following their release to streams, according to a recent USGS study. The research was conducted at Fourmile Creek, a small, wastewater-dominated stream near Des Moines,...
USGS Study Finds Pharmaceuticals in Groundwater
According to a recent study of an effluent-dominated creek, contaminants from treated municipal wastewater can leak into shallow groundwater.
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