Water

One out of two drinking water samples tested positive for E. coli bacteria in the Village of Afton, indicating possible contamination with human or animal waste.

Some wonder if the move would do more harm than good.

On the surface (sorry for the pun), each lake in and bordering New York State looks just fine. But that's not exactly true.

The Navy will halt operations at fuel storage tanks above a Hawaii aquifer until its own investigation into how petroleum got into tap water is finished.

The Delaware River Basin Commission says it will vote on a permanent fracking ban at a public meeting over ZOOM on February 25.

The town of Oneonta's chances of receiving state and federal financial support for extending public water service to southside have improved.

The Oneonta Town Supervisor will meet with Otsego County's Industrial Development Agency today concerning a water district for Oneonta's southside. Robert Wood is expected to request $90,000 in funding for the $8.8 million project.

The Otsego County Conservation Association has raised the funds necessary to initiate its “What’s In Our Water?” groundwater testing program and has chosen a laboratory to collect and analyze well water samples.

The Otsego County Conservation Association is seeking potential drinking water well test sites and existing water well test data for inclusion as it launches a countywide groundwater program “What’s In Our Water?"

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rural development program to provide the city of Norwich with a more than $5 million water and waste disposal loan and grant. The grant and loan would go toward the construction of a much needed water treatment plant in Norwich.