Ravinder Kumar wades through ankle-deep sludge every day to leave his home in Sharma Enclave in northwest Delhi – yet inside the brick tenement, he does not have a drop to drink.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Voted into law a half-century ago, the Clean Water Act of 1972 is still far from achieving its ambitious goals. The landmark law aimed to make U.S. waters safe for swimming and ...

Stella-Jones began operating a wood treatment facility in Sheridan, Ore., in 2013. The facility was designated a Superfund site in 2001 and underwent an extensive cleanup after pentachlorophenol ...

Air Force firefighters are transitioning to a new PFAS-free foam to combat fuel fires, eliminating what had been a key source of chemical contamination in water systems near military installations.

There’s a drinking spring in our village that, for around 175 years, has been used to slake the thirst of passers-by. Whether future generations will be able to drink from it is now in doubt. And ...

Mangaluru: Recent laboratory tests have once again confirmed that the water in Gujjarakere pond in Mangaluru is heavily polluted and entirely unfit for human consumption. Long regarded as a ...

One of South Dakota’s top lawmakers said Wednesday that it may be time to move beyond financial incentives and consider new regulations on agriculture to address the state’s polluted rivers and lakes.

An Oregon wood treatment facility polluted a town’s water source for years with a now-banned chemical. Regulators who knew didn’t stop it. After decades trapping crayfish in northwest Oregon, Mike ...