Rain gardens help reduce the amount of water flowing over land and into storm drains, which can prevent flooding and erosion.

As Colorado River states race to finish a deal, water users face a resource altered by drought and climate change.

Social media rumors claim that runoff from the Tarheel Army Missile Plant is contaminating water. Here's what we found out.

In an analysis of the best available Earth systems models, Northeastern researchers found that by the turn of the next ...

Digging ditches or adding pipes and drains to redirect stormwater onto a neighbor's property could land you in hot water.

A recent report found that all Lake Ontario beaches in the Rochester area exceeded healthy levels of bacteria on at least one ...

As ice, snow and slush melt way, the runoff water carries the materials into the nearby environment. That runoff eventually makes its way into streams, rivers and, often, drinking water sources.

KC Water says the water has been back to normal for over a week, but with rising rates of climate change, more intense storms could make this happen more often.