When hospitals pour drugs down the drain
Patricia Deesy, a registered nurse, is worried about the drinking water in her home state of North Carolina.
water and wastewater management
EPA announces new definition of protections in Clean Water Act
The EPA announced plans to change the definition of which waters in the United States are protected under the Clean Water Act on Tuesday -- a change President Donald Trump has been working toward since the beginning of his administration.
Austin, Texas, could run out of water amid floods
Officials in Texas' capital city thanked residents for cutting water consumption so that treatment plants could catch up with demand, as historic flooding continues to muck up lakes that supply the region's tap water.
Is Ethiopia taking control of the River Nile?
Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north.
