Health

Wastewater can inform public health departments of new variants in the community, but the data collected is still inconclusive.

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?

Colorado joins three other states in approving a new rule that clears the way for drinking treated wastewater.

Colorado enacted five major pieces of water legislation, including providing more water for environmental flows and studying how to limit water speculation.

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.

Water utilities initiated emergency action plans, asking hundreds of employees to work from home to limit the virus’ spread and to help protect the workers needed to operate water treatment and delivery systems.

Refrigerator filters are an attractive target for counterfeiters, who may also be putting consumers at risk by selling filters that are not merely ineffective, but unsafe.

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

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.

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