A major water main break near Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson has impacted nearly 200,000 residents over the last few days. Affecting surrounding residents and businesses in Paterson, Prospect Park, ...

“Day Zero,” when at least a million homes in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, will no longer have any running water, was originally scheduled for April. It was recently moved to July. The ...

Overhydration is very rare, but drinking too much water can cause damage to your nerves, muscles and heart. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) All the body's cells need water to function well. But if ...

Plastic water bottle caps are color coded based on the type of water: blue caps indicate "spring water"; black caps signify alkaline water; green caps signal flavored water, and white caps mean ...

In April 2014, Dionna—a native of Flint, Mich.—was experiencing the water crisis firsthand. To cut costs, Flint city officials had switched the city's drinking water supply from Detroit's system to ...

In Hawaii, one of the most important sayings is ola i ka wai, "water is life" — a phrase that not only sums up what it means to exist on an island, but what it means to live, period. But now, one of ...

As water stress increases, so do the risks of local or regional conflict. UNESCO's message is clear: if we want to preserve peace, we must act swiftly not only to safeguard water resources but also to ...