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Flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in a water-treatment plant in Jackson, Miss. The city of 150,000 had already been under a boil-water notice for a month.

One of the things I most dislike about most politicians is their unwillingness to admit when they’ve screwed up.Take Dennis Williams, the leader of the…

There were political fireworks at two hearings in Washington D.C. last week that overshadowed the almost simultaneous beginning of hearings by a state…

The Great Lakes Water Authority is allocating more than $1.2 million to help customers cover their current and overdue water bills. About $794,000 is…

Former Fire Chief Ray Barton said the mayor wanted him to cover up the alleged firefighter misconduct to maintain his support from the Flint’s firefighters’ union ahead of his re-election in November.

The new infrastructure legislation makes money available to remove potentially poisonous pipes around the country. In Flint, Mich., mistrust runs deeper than the plumbing does.

The state of Michigan is stopping a pair of financial lifelines that helped Flint residents through the city’s water crisis.A year ago, Gov. Rick Snyder…

Socioeconomic disparity is just as influential as climate change and population growth when it comes to explaining why so many cities are struggling with their water supply, researchers say.

Mental health advocate Kevin Fischer describes two very different encounters between his son, Dominique, and the police.

Coliform bacteria and boil-water alerts, rashes on kids, and water that tastes and smells horrible are some of the side effects associated with Flint’s…