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Unusually dry conditions across New York have resulted in the issuance of a statewide drought watch.

The Binghamton City School District has identified some drinking water sources that tests indicated had lead levels that were above acceptable limits.

Adding more weight to the storm, a public interest group now says that the residents of Flint, Michigan paid more for water last year than most Americans.

A water contamination crisis is gripping the city of Flint, Michigan and is now spreading to other surrounding cities.

An informal interfaith coalition is working to provide drinking water to residents of Flint, Michigan as the city continues to suffer the effects of lead contamination of its water supply.

What is being described as "a major water system upgrade" is underway in Ilion, New York today.

A boil-water advisory remains in effect for hundreds of homes in the Tioga Terrace area of the town of Owego after a water line ruptured, causing a dramatic drop in a reservoir. Town supervisor Donald Castellucci said the problem was discovered late October 31...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The nation's largest irrigation district has agreed to spend $3.5 billion to clean up contaminated water on central California farmland in a tentative deal to settle a decades-old dispute with the federal government.

NEW YORK (AP) — Niagara Bottling has recalled 14 brands of bottled spring water produced at two Pennsylvania manufacturing plants after the operator of one of its contracted springs failed to reveal evidence of E. colibacteria at the spring source.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is proposing sweeping changes in the way it protects underground drinking-water supplies from oil-and-gas operations.