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A PFAS water treatment plant is seen in Villa Park, Calif. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

The Trump Administration Plans to Undo Standards on Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in the U.S. Drinking Water Supply

By Georgina Gustin

The Allegheny River and the Monongahela River join to form the Ohio River in downtown Pittsburgh. Credit: Nicolas DeSarno/Pexels

Should Pittsburgh’s Water Stay Public? Residents Will Get to Vote on It

By Carrie Klein

Nearly half of the tap water in the U.S. is contaminated with toxic PFAS. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

EPA Says It Will Act on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Advocates Raise Red Flags

By Keerti Gopal

Laurene Allen won the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize for her activism with contaminated in her hometown of Merrimack, N.H. Credit: Goldman Environmental Prize

She Galvanized Her Community After a Company Contaminated It With ‘Forever Chemicals’

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

A tractor pulls a machine for composting cow manure at a dairy farm in Fort Morgan, Colo. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A Byproduct of Manure Runoff Is Polluting Drinking Water in Thousands of US Communities, According to a New Report

By Georgina Gustin

Rising Seas and Land-Based Salt Pollution Pose Dual Threats for Drinking Water

By Kiley Price

The Chicago skyline is seen across Lake Michigan from Whiting, Ind. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago Considers New Approaches for PFAS Management

By Kacie Faith Kress

A rendering of the Pure Water Center, which broke ground on Feb. 27 and is expected to be operational by 2028. Credit: Courtesy of El Paso Water

El Paso Is Going to Turn Wastewater Into Drinking Water. Other Cities Will Soon Follow

By Martha Pskowski

The Benjamin Franklin Bridge crosses the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Credit: Thomas Hengge/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Water Agency Renews Concern That Sea-Level Rise Will Flood Drinking-Water Intakes in Philadelphia, Southern N.J.

By Jon Hurdle

A section of lead pipe that supplied drinking water to a home in Troy, N.Y. is removed on May 20, 2024. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

An EPA Rule Will Reduce Lead in Drinking Water—Unless This Effort to Block It Succeeds

By Keerti Gopal

A Blanco resident pulls a water sample from their contaminated well, to compare it to bottled water in 2020 near Austin. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Texas Regulators Report More Than 250 New Cases of Groundwater Contamination

By Martha Pskowski

A view of the New Croton Reservoir in New York City. Credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Invasive Species Spell Trouble for New York’s Beloved Tap Water

By Lauren Dalban

Ag Pollution Is Keeping Des Moines Water Works Busy. Can It Keep Up?

By Nina B. Elkadi

Gary Wockner, founder of the nonprofit Save the Colorado, stands in front of Boulder Creek on Oct. 22 in Boulder, Colo. Wockner's group has been fighting an expansion of the Gross Reservoir west of Boulder. Credit: Michael Kodas/Inside Climate News

Federal Court Ruling on a Reservoir Expansion Could Have Big Implications for the Colorado River

By Wyatt Myskow

Blooms of cyanobacteria, like the one pictured in California’s Lake Elsinore, spiked to record levels in the Finger Lakes of New York this year, endangering swimmers, dogs, birds and public drinking water. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Toxic Blooms in New York’s Finger Lakes Set Record in 2024

By Peter Mantius

Chicago city code required homes to install lead pipes up until 1986, resulting in the city having approximately 400,000 lead service lines. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Communities at Risk

By Nina B. Elkadi

An Army National Guard member assists a resident with potable water in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 29 in Old Fort, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

N.C. Health Officials Issue Guidelines for Thousands of Potentially Flooded Private Wells 

By Lisa Sorg

An aerial view shows waves rolling along the shore of Lake Michigan in Whiting, Indiana. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?

By Nina B. Elkadi

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