An Iowa Town Spent $800,000 on a New Well. It Pumps Undrinkable Water.
After shuttering two wells for recurring nitrate contamination, the riverside community of Princeton may face yet another costly fix.
By Anika Jane Beamer
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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
How We Mapped Chicago’s Lead Pipe Problem and What We Learned
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Keerti Gopal, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin
Lead Pipes Are Everywhere in Chicago. Here’s How to Protect Yourself
By Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau
