water contamination

Months After a Jet Fuel Leak, No Agency Tested Waters Downstream of Piscataway Creek. So Community Groups Are Doing It Themselves.

Authorities that manage the Potomac River tributary did not sample the stretch where residents fish and recreate. One Indigenous leader sees the lack of response as part of a pattern of ongoing neglect.

By Aman Azhar

North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek

By Lisa Sorg

Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action

By Lauren Dalban

An Iowa Town Spent $800,000 on a New Well. It Pumps Undrinkable Water.

By Anika Jane Beamer

Six Months After Oil Spilled Into California Tributary, Families Worry the Cleanup Was Never Finished

By Steven Rodas

Congress Grills Officials About the Potomac River Sewage Spill

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

At Water Week 2026, Local Leaders See a Glimmer of Hope

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

By Keerti Gopal

EPA Flags Microplastics as ‘Priority’ Water Contaminants, but the Move Doesn’t Guarantee Regulation

By Anika Jane Beamer

California Water Board Will Soon Release a New Rule to Limit Water Pollution From Dairies in the State

By Blanca Begert

How Extreme Weather and Aging Infrastructure Led to Months of ‘Musty’ Water in One Ohio Village

By Julie Grant, The Allegheny Front

NJ Residents to Receive $4.9 Million Settlement for PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water

By Jon Hurdle

Why Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Keep Ending up in Philadelphia Waterways

By Kyle Bagenstose

Iowa Counties Keep Water Quality Monitoring Afloat After State Funding Cuts

By Anika Jane Beamer

Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking

By Kiley Bense

NJ Sues Pfizer Over Cancer-Linked Water Contamination

By Rambo Talabong

House Bill Amending the Clean Water Act Could Mean Dirtier Water Nationwide—And Especially in Iowa

By Anika Jane Beamer

Two Pennsylvania Towns Seek Public Funding for Water Systems Amid Claims That Gas Industry Contaminated Wells

By Jon Hurdle

Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It

By Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin