drinking water

Rep. Donatavius Jarrells (D-Columbus) says the health impacts of replacing lead pipes in Ohio's drinking water systems would be worth the cost.

The EPA proposed the first federal limits for the toxic “forever chemicals.” If they take effect, they would mean big changes for Ohio’s water utilities.

The city of Dayton is threatening to sue Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Department of Defense over forever chemicals in the city's drinking water.

In Ohio, more than 100 people got sick in 2013 and 2014 when municipal drinking water was contaminated with toxins from algae blooms in Lake Erie. The CDC says these are the first known instances.

For one city on Lake Erie, it's the season for monitoring toxic algae blooms – and drinking water.Toledo know how dangerous the blooms can be. In 2014,…

The next two-year Ohio budget is being proposed with a controversial new amendment that would give sole authority to the Ohio Health Department in…

For residents of the region, news reports about toxic chemical spills shutting down drinking water supplies are the stuff of recent memory. In 2014, for…

The city of Columbus has issued a nitrate alert for residents who get their drinking water from the Dublin Road Water Plant.Officials say infants and…

Almost a billion people around the world live without safe drinking water or adequate sanitation. The sad result being that a child dies every 20…