SEQUIM –– Clallam County is investigating a mysterious concentration of Freon 22, a refrigerant once commonly used in heat pumps and air conditioners, recently discovered in wells outside Sequim.

The city of Glen Cove has shut two of its five drinking water wells after elevated levels of the chemical Freon 22 were discovered. City officials are studying whether to spend millions of dollars on ...

To the natural refrigerants of HCs, CO2, and ammonia, there has been added what is being called a fourth platform. Water is now being promoted in the international community with the launch of a ...

Two drinking water wells in Glen Cove have been shut down after they were found to contain Freon 22. Glen Cove officials say they shut down the wells as a precaution. Environmentalist Adrienne ...

Faced with the closure of two water wells because of Freon 22 contamination, Glen Cove officials are mulling an emergency purchase of used contaminant-removing equipment to install before water usage ...

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - It was a hot Texas afternoon last August when a homeowner was shocked to find hot water gushing from a centrally located hot water heater closet in his 40-year-old, ...

On Jan. 28, a public hearing was held by the Town of North Hempstead concerning a bond issue for improvements and additions to facilities of the Roslyn Water District. A large audience turned out and ...

As useful as refrigerators and air conditioners are, the gases they use as refrigerants can leak into the atmosphere and become major contributors to climate change. Now engineers at Harvard have ...