The Rundown White House science advisers approve a report to the president on national groundwater security. White House also ...

As they span significant areas of Asia, Europe and the Americas, karst landscapes cover some 15 percent of the Earth’s land mass. Scientists estimate that these areas of porous bedrock are home to as ...

Contamination of the food-supply chain in Michigan in the 1970s was one of the worst mass poisonings in U.S. history. The events still resonate today. Alpha Clark was there when they started to bury ...

Having detected toxins in its water distribution system since Memorial Day weekend at levels that occasionally exceeded state and federal health guidelines, officials in Salem are warning children, ...

Six months ago Cape Town was a city on edge. The mayor had declared that Day Zero, when officials would shut off water to most homes and businesses in order to preserve fast-shrinking reservoirs, was ...

When you’re surrounded by the Great Lakes, there’s a tendency to fix your focus on them when the subject is water. Why not? The Lakes supply drinking water to millions, provide multiple recreational ...

And lastly, the CDC investigates Legionnaires’ disease cases linked to hot tubs on cruise ships. $344 Million: Funding for lead service line removal that probably should not have been allocated to ...

The Rundown Federal lawyers respond to San Francisco’s objection to certain water quality standards for its wastewater treatment plant. Proposed new federal standards to protect workers from extreme ...

During the early years that followed the end of Apartheid and the first multi-racial democratic elections in 1994, South Africa was a nation unleashed. Guided by the first black president, Nelson ...

The Rundown NOAA releases winter outlook for U.S. weather, sees probable La Niña effects. GSA targets federal contractors for ...

Contests for control of the White House and Congress are the main events in the upcoming national elections. Those results will determine the direction of federal water and environmental regulation.