FARIBAULT, Minn. -- A bicycle lay on its side in the muck at the river bottom, a tire bobbed in some brush and garbage clogged the banks of the Straight River near downtown Faribault. However, what ...

When investigating Mount Vernon’s compliance with the Clean Water Act in 2021, the city’s consulting engineer discovered stunningly high concentrations of fecal coliform in the city’s stormwater ...

Researchers have developed a more precise method for detecting fecal contamination in water using viral DNA markers, allowing them to trace even low-level pollution and identify whether it’s from ...

Some tributaries flowing into the Caloosahatchee River and Estero Bay are polluted with fecal coliform bacteria, with counts going well above criteria used to determine whether or not a beach is safe ...

Researchers discovered that refillable jugs and everyday dispensers can contaminate drinking water, and only a small fraction ...

Even as town officials worked to correct the situation and isolate the potential source, Zedi kept reporting high fecal coliform levels in the water samples, the complaint states. Tests seemed to show ...

NORTH HAMPTON — Local officials will again investigate in hopes of identifying the sources of pollution currently leading to unsafe swimming conditions at North Hampton State Beach. According to a New ...

As town officials consult architectural plans to try to ascertain why a drainage stream that trickles from the Viceroy Snowmass Resort into Brush Creek has tested positive for fecal matter, a ...

Excessive fecal coliform bacteria in public swimming waters can potentially threaten visitor health. Fecal coliform bacteria (1984-1989) and Escherichia coli (1990-1995) density were monitored weekly ...

Minterbrook Oyster Co, in a photo from its website. The family-owned farm has been raising oysters on the Key Peninsula since 1934. Closure of part of the bay will not affect the current crop, the ...