Public schools in Detroit are shutting off their drinking water due to concerns of copper and lead contamination, after high levels of these heavy metals were found in samples taken...

Heavy Metals in Drinking water - A recent water quality study conducted by a team of Russian scientists in lakes in Russia's Murmansk region has linked heavy metal contamination with...

A new study has revealed the volume of water that is used in each well to extract oil during the hydraulic fracturing process has surged dramatically since 2011, rising by...

A new study shows municipal chemical additives may increase the risk of harmful pathogens being released into drinking water as it weakens the grip that harmful bacteria, such as those...

Researchers are reporting that wildfires burning in forested watershed have the potential to negatively impact drinking water sources by releasing substances from soils, resulting in contamination.