Health

Western states are still able to provide relatively affordable water, but that could change as utilities try to recoup losses associated with the pandemic and begin to pay for the massive repairs and upgrades to their systems that were on the drawing board before COVID-19 struck.

Two non-profit groups in Crested Butte work to clean up waters still polluted from the Keystone and Standard mines.

The Colorado health department is investigating a plume causing high levels of forever chemicals in the raw water supply of Adams County.

The Zuni tribe's homeland is one of the most parched sections of the country. The tribe has already declared three drought emergencies in the last 15 years. Will it survive the next one?

One year after it launched one of the largest lead treatment programs in the United States, Denver Water is slightly ahead of schedule.

LONESOME LAKE, WYOMING—Whit Coleman belly flopped with style into some of Wyoming’s most famous alpine waters on a summer day. Out on a father-son backpacking...

Colorado’s virus-related restrictions are forcing commercial rafting companies to create social distance on unruly rivers and face the potential for smaller crowds.

It's unclear whether a new law could improve water quality in the Eagle River Village park, but legislators want to pressure owners to do more.

Brad Lancaster, author and expert on water harvesting, explains how to make the most of rainfall and greywater to stretch local supplies.

For decades, a Utah uranium mill has sparked debate over whether radioactive contamination threatens human health by getting into the water and the air.