Health

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

Decades of climate change-driven drought, combined with the overpumping of aquifers, is making the valley desperately dry — and appears to be intensifying the levels of heavy metals in drinking water.

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.

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.

Some Colorado residents have been experiencing drinking water contamination for years. When the water will be safe to drink is unknown.

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.

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

For the last two years, Robin Daigle has had to boil her tap water before pouring it in ice cube trays.  She boils tap water if she needs it to...

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

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