FARIBAULT, Minn. -- A bicycle lay on its side in the muck at the river bottom, a tire bobbed in some brush and garbage clogged the banks of the Straight River near downtown Faribault. However, what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SrdjanPav / jada photo / Getty Images Researchers have developed a more precise method for detecting fecal contamination in water ...

When investigating Mount Vernon’s compliance with the Clean Water Act in 2021, the city’s consulting engineer discovered stunningly high concentrations of fecal coliform in the city’s stormwater ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - More than a month after hundreds of dead fish turned up in Greenfield Lake, and experts say the cause is still murky. “I think it’s going to be pretty difficult at this point ...

Some tributaries flowing into the Caloosahatchee River and Estero Bay are polluted with fecal coliform bacteria, with counts going well above criteria used to determine whether or not a beach is safe ...

A new study led by Washington State University researchers in Guatemala found that drinking water sources widely believed to be clean and safe often ...

In Guatemala’s Western Highlands, researchers found that the drinking water people trust most may actually be the riskiest.

NORTH HAMPTON — Town officials are pursuing multiple avenues to minimize the occurrence of unhealthy fecal bacteria levels that occasionally arise along local beaches each summer. But, they admit, the ...