Blue Island resident Sarah Haskell said she avoids letting her 1-year-old son drink tap water, as she is worried about contamination of lead in water lines. Instead, she keeps a Brita water filter on ...

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 33,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality ...

Recent events like the Flint, Mich., water crisis are forcing government officials nationwide to take precautions about water safety. To comply with federal guidelines set for drinking water by the ...

Researchers have found evidence that "marine snow" -- aggregates of organic material floating in water bodies -- may act as microscopic, island-like refuges for pathogens, or disease-causing organisms ...