GENEVA– A whopping 2.1 billion people or one in every four people globally lack access to safely managed drinking water, according to a joint report by UN agencies WHO and the UNICEF on August 26.

Health nonprofit the Environmental Working Group has released a map it says shows that nearly 100 million Americans are drinking water contaminated with three toxic chemicals. The map shows which ...

Researchers developed an atmospheric water harvester so effective it was able to extract moisture from the air in Death Valley—one of the driest places on Earth. reading time 5 minutes An ...

Two days after the latest boil-water order was issued for Fredonia water customers, the Chautauqua County Department of Health reported Sunday that it's safe to take it straight from the faucets again ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. To a gathering of residents in Dubuque this week, David Cwiertny, director of the Center for Health ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Environmental Protection Agency said it has "laid out the steps" the City of Syracuse needs to take to address lead in its drinking water. The order was issued under the Safe ...

The EPA’s latest actions in this court case align with its previous announcement in May that it intends to roll back significant parts of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation that set ...

Residents of Fairbanks are rightfully concerned about PFAS contamination in our drinking water. PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” are contaminating our public water supply according to data ...

Schenectady — The fate of stronger protections for safe drinking water are in jeopardy after a court filing by the Environmental Protection Agency saying they will not be defending those protections ...

The prior administration failed to follow a procedural step in the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA attorneys said in a new filing. The Trump administration asked a federal court Thursday to toss out ...

Testing of samples taken from five private water systems in the village of Luckey met standards for safe drinking water, according to the Ohio Health Department. A college campus, a fiery speaker — ...