The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) thinks it's come up with a good formula to better protect Americans from lead in drinking water, calling it a…

A group of Wisconsin legislators spent more than five hours Thursday listening to experts, advocates and residents who gathered in Racine. The topic was…

The battle between Democrats and Republicans over the next two-year state budget is in full swing.Tuesday, members of the Joint Committee on Finance voted…

Milwaukee experienced the largest outbreak of cryptosporidium in the spring of 1993.The outbreak made 400,000 sick. Over 4,000 were hospitalized. And 104…

WUWM has been diving into the topic of clean water, or the lack thereof, in southeastern Wisconsin for our Project Milwaukee Series: Great Lakes, Troubled…

Rainstorms are a challenge to clean water. They can cause flooding and potentially damaging runoff. But utilities, landscape architects and others are…

Both cryptosporidium and lead have threatened Milwaukee’s clean drinking water. While there are stark differences in the two water contaminants, what can…

When the Lead and Copper Rule was first issued in 1991, it put federal limits on the acceptable amount of these metals found in drinking water. Cities…

WUWM is diving into the topic of clean water, or the lack thereof, in southeastern Wisconsin for our Project Milwaukee Series: Great Lakes, Troubled…

In older cities like Milwaukee, lead pipes are a potential threat. But there are different problems in rural areas.Ulao Creek is a tiny stream tucked into…