The Rundown USDA survey shows U.S. farms irrigated less land with less total water than five years ago – but used more ...

EDON, OH — For 60 years, this one stoplight Ohio town has been known as a place where time appears to stand still. With more than 400 Amish residents settled in and around the rural community that ...

Contamination of the food-supply chain in Michigan in the 1970s was one of the worst mass poisonings in U.S. history. The events still resonate today. Alpha Clark was there when they started to bury ...

As they span significant areas of Asia, Europe and the Americas, karst landscapes cover some 15 percent of the Earth’s land mass. Scientists estimate that these areas of porous bedrock are home to as ...

So what might a Clean Water Act designed for the 21st century—one that addresses both legacy pollution and emerging problems—look like? A meaningful way to address polluted runoff, so-called “nonpoint ...

The Rundown White House science advisers approve a report to the president on national groundwater security. White House also ...

The Rundown Army Corps builds a temporary barrier on Mississippi River bed to block upstream movement of salt water that threatens municipal drinking water. EPA announces $7.5 billion in low-interest ...

Having detected toxins in its water distribution system since Memorial Day weekend at levels that occasionally exceeded state and federal health guidelines, officials in Salem are warning children, ...

Six months ago Cape Town was a city on edge. The mayor had declared that Day Zero, when officials would shut off water to most homes and businesses in order to preserve fast-shrinking reservoirs, was ...

When you’re surrounded by the Great Lakes, there’s a tendency to fix your focus on them when the subject is water. Why not? The Lakes supply drinking water to millions, provide multiple recreational ...