water pollution

$The entrance to the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver, which accepts solid fracking waste and has sent what's called leachate -- liquid waste that comes out of the landfill when rainwater trickles through its piles of garbage -- to the Belle Vernon sewage treatment plant.$

Study finds radioactive materials in Pa. waterways near treatment plants linked with fracking waste

Reid Frazier | Allegheny Front

A new study found higher levels of radioactive materials in rivers and streams near municipal wastewater treatment plants that handled runoff from landfills that accept fracking waste from Pennsylvania.
Agriculture and Environment

Pa.'s Waterways, Including In State College, Are Full Of Microplastics, Citizen Science Study Says

Plastic permeates Pennsylvania’s waterways, according to a study released Wednesday by PennEnvironment’s Research & Policy Center.The environmental…