Fifty years ago, Consumer Reports published a groundbreaking investigation into the nation’s drinking water. The report was titled “Is the Water Safe to Drink?” (Download a PDF of this three-part ...

More than half a million Houston-area residents were due letters this month to warn them that their drinking water might be leaching lead from old service lines. An Environmental Protection Agency ...

Barnstable County has a new tool for testing the safety of drinking water, and it will make weekend and holiday testing more ...

In an effort to reduce the use of plastics, you may be filling your reusable water bottles with tap water. But is that water safe to drink? Rising sea levels, storm flooding and aging pipes impacted ...

PFAS chemicals from firefighting foam have contaminated drinking water wells in Glocester, Rhode Island. Landfills, military sites, and industrial facilities are common sources of PFAS contamination ...

ASHEVILLE - A reader asks if the city of Asheville tests water supply for microplastics. Should residents boil their drinking water to reduce contaminants? Do you have a question for Answer Man or ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is encouraging private well owners to consider testing their drinking water. That's because the state has received significant rainfall ...

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect buildings to the city’s water supply. The city has the most lead service lines in the ...

More than 2.4 million people in North Carolina get their drinking water from private wells, more than in any other state in the country, according to experts at the UNC Chapel Hill. Flooding and other ...

Twelve preschoolers sat cross-legged in a circle in Delaware Primary School’s Room 105 as their teacher passed around gingerbread to smell. In the corner of the room is a kid-sized sink and water ...