The Florida Panhandle, a prime summer vacation destination for thousands of southeast Louisiana residents, is home to six of the Sunshine State's beaches that most often test positive for fecal ...

Instructor Melanie Smith sets up the paddle boards on shore at Round Valley Reservoir earlier this month. The reservoir remains closed this week after state officials found high levels of fecal ...

When it comes to fecal coliform bacteria, Alabama beaches are far safer than Mississippi's, according to a new report from the Environment America Research and Policy Center. Of 10 Alabama beaches ...

SOUTHEASTERN, NC (WECT) - A WECT investigation discovered bacterial contamination, including pathogens found in feces, in stormwater samples from Southeastern North Carolina. Stormwater collected from ...

People were told by Alberta Health Services on Wednesday not to swim or wade in Hasse Lake — or drink the water — after high levels of fecal coliform were detected. Contact with lake water could give ...

A Sonora water company sent about 90 customers "boil water" notices after a water sample tested positive for fecal coliform, officials said Friday.The Blue Bell Valley Mutual Water Company officials ...

FLINT, MI -- Water in a small area on Flint's west side has tested positive again for total coliform, and the city's boil water advisory there is continuing until at least Wednesday, Aug. 20. Mike ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SrdjanPav / jada photo / Getty Images Researchers have developed a more precise method for detecting fecal contamination in water ...

(This story has been updated to correct information about water test results in the boil water advisory area.) FLINT, MI -- A second water sample in an area where residents have been told to boil ...

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- Follow-up test samples of Ellsworth's water distribution system have tested negative for total coliform, fecal coliform and E. Coli Oct. 8 at approximately 11 a.m.