Watersheds, which catch precipitation and channel it to streams and lakes, are highly vulnerable to pollution. Programs to protect freshwater habitats include planning, stewardship, education ...

As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that ... Typically, “dilution is the solution of pollution,” Kaushal says, referring to the ...

Wetlands connect land and water, serving as natural filters, reducing pollution, controlling floods ... is connected and what is at stake with freshwater overuse, pollution, and drought.

UN-Water, the United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanism for all freshwater related issues including sanitation, concluded that the major sources of water pollution are from human ...

NANJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Taihu, China's third-largest freshwater lake ... it has a history of pollution, most notably since the 1990s due to rapid industrialization and urbanization in ...