Fresh Water

In many Mexican cities, water is treated as a political bargaining chip – a favor that public officials can trade for votes, bribes or power.

Water managers say no, but Native American tribes are keeping careful watch on the “water that connects us.”

Dozens of these water-filtering species are at risk of vanishing, and that’s bad news for every living creature that relies on them.

The Trump administration is backing away from treaty mandate to “give preferential attention to the solution of all border sanitation problems.”

State regulators tried to get the future president to address problems on two golf courses. They got a lesson in how he handles regulatory challenges.

With environmental regulations under attack and EPA budgets being slashed, can the destruction of the agency be prevented?

Mystery untreated sewage appears in Mexico just across the border from an Arizona wastewater-treatment plant, city official says.

President Trump and Congress ignore the nation’s poorest residents along the U.S.-Mexican border, where an environmental health crisis threatens millions of lives.

Trump’s proposed budget wipes out funding for numerous programs devoted to climate change, public lands and sustainable energy.

America’s waters are contaminated by poop and bacteria. Use our maps to find the worst waste locations near you.