Health

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

Colorado water officials hope to combat algae blooms caused by rising temperatures and an increased use of phosphorus-laced lawn fertilizers.

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.

Grand County officials are searching for ways to prevent harmful algae blooms and weed growth in Grand Lake.

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

Julia Bernal, director of the Pueblo Action Alliance, talks to Water Desk Director Mitch Tobin about the legacy of colonialism in New Mexico and its impact on water issues.

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.

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

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