Health

A synthetic chemical’s appearance in public water supply wells raises questions of how to protect the public from unknown health hazards.

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?

On an early morning, a quiet Denver neighborhood was temporarily transformed into a construction zone. A boring machine on the road outside someone’s home pointed a long, thin drill...

Residents of a mobile home park in Edwards say their well water tastes, looks and smells bad.

People are fighting against disinfectants in their drinking water that cause rashes, breathing problems and more.

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

We talk to Laura Paskus, a journalist with New Mexico PBS, about her coverage of climate change and water issues in the state.

A trial underway in San Francisco could spell the beginning of the end of water fluoridation in America, potentially affecting drinking water for hundreds of millions of people.

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.

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