More than 40 million Americans get their drinking water not from the public supply but from private sources, and nearly all of them rely on groundwater that could contain a hidden threat: a class of ...

Communities serviced by municipal systems can be reasonably confident that the water used for drinking, washing or irrigation contains no elevated levels of toxins or other contaminants. However, ...

NEW CONCORD ‒ A water main extension project north of Norwich will assimilate around numerous homes into the Muskingum County infrastructure, after numerous private systems along Pidcock Road weren't ...

In Kansas, more than 73,000 individuals rely on private wells for a water supply. When public and rural water systems that ...

The City of Santa Monica has temporarily outlawed construction of new private wells in the city while staff work towards adoption of a new set of rules governing the use of groundwater. Council ...

A statewide study that included water wells in Lancaster County found that 18% of samples exceeded federal maximum contaminant levels for substances commonly known as "forever chemicals” that have ...

You wouldn’t know it driving past the car dealerships and colorful storefronts in Washington Township, but chemical findings along this section of Route 31 appear to be astronomically high. A Warren ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. THERE IS A LOT WE KNOW ABOUT CANCER, AND THERE IS A LOT WE STILL HAVE TO DISCOVER, INCLUDING THE ALL OF THE REASONS THAT WE MIGHT BE NUMBER TWO IN THE COUNTRY SMOKING, ALCOHOL ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (EAU CLAIRE CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE) - The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is partnering with researchers from UW-Eau Claire to offer a limited number of ...

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More than 1,000 existing private wells may be located within a proposed mitigation zone around four municipal wells that would pump up to 6.6 million gallons of water per day to serve Hyundai Motor ...

Imagine if you didn't know whether the water you drank — that your family drank — contained chemicals that weakened your body's immune system, increased your risk of cancer or caused infertility.