The Supreme Court ruled last year that rivers that only flow in response to weather events -- called ephemeral streams -- do not fall under the protection of the Clean Water Act. New research suggests ...

Lack of rainfall and low-flowing streams are “deepening” officials’ concerns over water supplies, with parts of Maui County already in severe drought during what should be the rainy season. Many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study has highlighted the importance of small streams and the consequences of stripping these waterways of federal protection, ...

If you’ve biked along Little Dry Creek in Westminster this summer, or walked your dog near Dry Gulch downtown, you may have noticed something unusual: water. As their names suggest, these channels ...

A new study shows that plants along streams reduce some farm chemicals, but underground water can still carry pesticides into ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With a federal water shortage declaration looming for the Southwest, Denver Water is trying to help. Normally nearly 20% of the city’s water comes from Grand ...

Even though anglers benefit from more than 4 million stocked trout from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) and volunteer cooperative nurseries each year, Mother Nature also provides an ...

The Ohio River frozen with the West End Bridge reaching over it heading toward the North Side. Beneath the ice on rivers, creeks and streams is flowing water. Because of that flow, ice is never safe ...

When the devastating and deadly Lahaina fire broke out, one of the problems was not enough water to fight the flames. But water, and a lack of it, has been a problem for parts of West Maui for decades ...

Imagine you have a natural stream running through a low-lying area on your farm. It’s a great source of fresh water, only you really need it to irrigate some crops sitting at a higher elevation. The ...

Environmental groups in western Colorado are working to designate more reaches of high-elevation tributaries as Outstanding Waters, the state Health Department’s highest water-quality rating. The ...