When you test your water, you are trying to answer a simple question: is it safe and what should you do next. Yet a single ...

When reports of contaminated drinking water emerge — especially when it’s close to home, like lead being detected at UNC-Chapel Hill — it can be concerning. You may worry about the water in your own ...

Illinois American Water said more than 10% of samples from the second half of 2025 exceeded 15 parts per billion for lead.

Elgin officials are again alerting residents after some drinking water samples exceeded allowable lead levels during a recent ...

Lewes has had three incidents of above-standard levels of lead in drinking water since September, including at City Hall. The ...

CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. — The city of Cedar Springs announced its first water sample test for bacteria came back negative. However, the boil-water advisory is still in effect because two consecutive ...

The few beachgoers on the shores of Wildwood Crest at daybreak barely notice as a pair of county health workers stop their white Ford Explorer. In short order, the two take a water sample at the beach ...