water

Across the inland West, groundwater reserves are being depleted. Nature can’t replenish the aquifers as quickly as they’re being drawn down for…

ALBANY — State officials are declaring a site in a Rensselaer County village a state Superfund site to address water contamination from a chemical used in…

It’s something most of us take for granted. You turn on the tap, fill a glass of water and have a nice refreshing drink.But what if that water has been…

This is Cooper Lake. One of the largest bodies of water in the Catskill Mountains holding over a billion gallons and serving as the main source of…

A year ago, environmental groups won a court injunction against the village of Painted Post, preventing them from continuing water shipments for fracking…

The Department of Environmental Conservation recently released regulations on water withdrawals that would cover the natural gas industry in New York.The…

The Clean Water Act turns four decades old today, and that anniversary is ensuring this piece of legislation which is administered by the Federal…

In the debate over whether hydraulic fracturing should be allowed in New York State, the need for millions of gallons of water at each well is a major…

In the final frenzy of the legislative session, New York's Senate has passed one of the environmental community's top priorities.The new Water Resources…