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Sewer Backup Shuts Restaurants at Draper Peaks as Crews Suspect Line Damage

Health officials curtailed operations to protect waterways linked to the storm drain system.

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Sues 3M and Others Over PFAS Contamination on Reservation

California Sues Sable Offshore Over Alleged Unpermitted Discharges Near Santa Barbara

Federal Ruling Clears Holtec to Release 45,000 Gallons of Treated Radioactive Water Into the Hudson

EU Strikes Provisional Deal to Add PFAS to Water Rules, With Deadlines Extending to 2039

Chicago Faulted for Slow Lead Pipe Notices as Hundreds of Millions in Loans Go Unused

Chicago River Hosts First Organized Swim in 98 Years

CPCB 2025 Report Finds 296 Polluted River Stretches in India

Tietê Pollution Patch Shrinks Nearly 16% in 2025, Yet River Remains Vulnerable

Lake Okeechobee Named Dirtiest U.S. Lake in New Ranking, Agencies Respond

Rome Sets Five-Year Goal to Make the Tiber Swimmable

NSW Inquiry Rebukes Sydney Water Over PFAS Claim, Urges Statewide Testing

Schwangau Issues Boil-Water Order After Enterococci Detected

Labor Day Beachgoers Confront Widespread No-Swim Warnings as Fecal Bacteria Closes Popular Shores

Paris Extends Seine Swimming at Two Sites Into September

Ink-Contaminated Wash Water Caused Yishun Canal to Turn Green, NEA Says

Lake Erie Advisories Extended as Rough Waves and Rip Currents Persist Tuesday

Red Flags Halt Bathing at All Badalona Beaches and Three Maresme Sites After Water-Quality Failures

Great Lakes Beach Hazards Persist as Bodies of Two Brothers Recovered

Do-Not-Swim Advisory Issued for Llandudno’s West Shore After Bacteria Spike