Health

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

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

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

Scientists fear that eventually the toxic residue of more than a century of agricultural runoff will be blown into the air — and into the lungs of residents.

About one-third of Navajo Nation residents lack running water in their homes and water pollution remains a serious issue in the region. We talk to Kaitlin Harris of DigDeep’s Navajo Water Project about solutions to these pressing problems.

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.

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 trip with friends, the Salt...

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.