Health

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

New Mexico is behind in water inspections for the third year in a row, leaving water quality in question.

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

Residents of a mobile home park near Gunnison are often left without water because of unreliable supplies.

These chemicals are everywhere. They last forever. They’re expensive to get rid of. And many Californians don’t even know they’re drinking them.

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.

Journalist Heather Hansman floated the Green River to explore water issues in the American West, then wrote a fascinating book about her journey.

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.

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

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.