If you live in the Albany County Town of Bethlehem and noticed your water tastes or smells off, officials want you to know they’re working on it. For the past several days town residents have noted a ...

Although some kinds of blue-green algae are a perfectly normal part of natural systems, some varieties can spell trouble ...

Beautiful lakeside views can quickly take an ugly turn when the water begins to look like a bucket of green paint. This typically signals the arrival of a harmful algal bloom, which happens when ...

FOR FAILURE TO YIELD. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM LAKE HARTWELL. AS WE GET CLOSER TO SUMMER, MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING THEIR DAYS ON THE WATER. BUT OFFICIALS SAY THE WATER AT LAKE ...

Quick-growing blooms of bacteria and algae have long been a hazard in lakes and rivers, because of the toxins they produce. Fueled in part by agricultural runoff, these blooms are also threatening ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The NC Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) warns the public to watch out for discolored water, as it could signal algal blooms. According to NCDEQ’s Division of Water ...

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) – Charleston Water System (CWS) and the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) are advising the public to avoid recreational activities at Goose Creek ...

Heavy rain over the past few days in the Upstate, which can sometimes break up harmful algal blooms, has instead moved or pushed the blooms into different coves within Lake Hartwell. This shift in ...

HANAHAN, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston Water System and the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services is asking residents in Hanahan to avoid the Goose Creek Reservoir as the waterway goes ...

Blue-green algae can be toxic to people and pets, and the Florida Department of Health in Volusia County issued tips to help ...

Algae blooms are expanding across the world's oceans. The first global study of floating algae was recently released by ...

South Australia’s coast is paying the price for upstream decisions - unless insurers start pricing pollution like a ...