The recent wildfires in Los Angeles have unleashed new concerns over air quality and now, water quality too, with the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) issuing an “Unsafe Water Alert” on ...

Two water departments have advised residents In Los Angeles against drinking tap water due to potential contamination concerns from the ongoing wildfires. The risk of chemicals and pathogens entering ...

For the cautious -- or simply curious -- homeowner, an at-home water testing kit may seem reassuring. But there are high levels of variability between test kits' abilities to detect potential ...

A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst found that the majority of at-home testing kits leave homeowners with inconclusive results. Because there are no ...

Central North Carolina homeowners have another reason to brace for this week's heavy rain: floodwater can wash sewage, pesticides and other pollutants straight into private wells. Approximately 2.4 ...

Arlington Water Utilities is offering free sprinkler test kits in February to encourage efficient lawn watering and reduce summer water usage, with pickups available at city locations.

It’s been raining, the creeks and rivers are flowing, shaping the banks, and the surf is pumping. You’ve clocked the demarcation line between the blue ocean and the brown smudge of runoff from the ...