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A New Strategy to Improve Water Quality—One Targeted Watershed at a Time

  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
More than 15,000 streams, rivers, and lakes are too polluted with nutrient runoff to support wildlife, be enjoyed recreationally, or serve as a drinking water source. Photo credit: USDA
  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
Outcomes
sea turtle in ocean
  • Top Outcome: 2012
Outcomes
Farmer inspecting plant
  • Top Outcome: 2012
Aerial shot of Amazon river
  • Top Outcome: 2012
BRT bus in Brazil
  • Top Outcome: 2012
Outcomes
Rickshaw in India
  • Top Outcome: 2012
Outcomes
Woman in public transportation
  • Top Outcome: 2012
Outcomes

Development Banks Commit $175 Billion for Sustainable Transport

  • Top Outcome: 2012
  • Health & Road Safety
City center
  • Top Outcome: 2012
  • Health & Road Safety
Outcomes
Qingdao, China
  • Top Outcome: 2012
Outcomes
Shanghai
  • Top Outcome: 2012
Initiatives
This website serves as an information portal about eutrophication—the over-enrichment of water by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus—a leading threat to water quality around the world. Explore our interactive map and learn more.

Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone?

  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
Dead fish resulting from toxins or oxygen depletion in Lake Binder, Iowa. Photo credit: Dr. Jennifer L. Graham, U.S. Geological Survey
  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset