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The White Barn Farm in Wrentham, Massachusetts, uses a lot of water but when they got their most recent water bill, they knew something was wrong. Christy Kantlehner, the farm’s owner, said it was for $15,000. It was their spring water bill — which normally would have been only about $800 for the six-month period. “In shock and kind of…

A Wrentham farm is trying to figure out what to do after getting a water bill for $15,000.

Major companies from across a range of sectors are increasingly concerned about the cost and availability of the world’s ultimate renewable resource: water.

The world has a long way to go in finding solutions to water shortages, according to John Streur of Calvert Research and Management.

Officials are urging people to be cautious around the water in the ongoing heat wave after a series of recent drownings across Massachusetts. Over the weekend alone, two minors were hospitalized and two people died. One minor, whose name was withheld, did not have a pulse when pulled from the water at Lake Gardner Beach in Amesbury at approximately 3:51…

Officials are urging people to be cautious around the water in the ongoing heat wave after a series of recent drownings across Massachusetts.

Massachusetts communities are finding elevated levels of chemicals in their drinking water since the state implemented new safety regulations last fall. The town of Wayland has been handing out cases of bottled water since it first found certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in two of three wells at the Happy Hollow wellfield in February. In their most recent update,…

Some Massachusetts communities are finding elevated levels of chemicals in their drinking water since the state implemented new safety regulations last fall.

Two people died when their sailboat sank off Rhode Island, state officials said. Environmental police and the marine task force responded to Greenwich Bay off of Warwick just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to the state Department of Environmental Management. The victims were pulled unresponsive from the water and brought to shore at the Oakland Beach Boat Ramp where they…

Monday is World Water Day 2021, an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater

The snow and ice that crippled some states across the South has melted, but it has exposed the fragility of aging waterworks that experts have been warning about for years.

People in Winthrop, Massachusetts, were without their water service Thursday due to a valve problem, officials said. The water supply has since been restored, following the interruption, according to Town Manager Austin Faison. Residents are cautioned that they may see some discoloration in the water, but the water is safe, Faison said. Residents are advised to run their faucets until…

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority said it was working with the town to restore the water service as quickly as they could.

Even with recent rain and snow, parts of the region are still under an extreme drought.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a distressed deer who had been caught in a current over the weekend in Clarence Strait, Alaska.

Carbonated water seemed to be particularly affected.

The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn’t getting wet enough.

A boil water order was lifted Monday in Reading, Massachusetts, two days after the water department warned residents they had detected E. coli bacteria in drinking water. The town announced sample results determined the drinking water no longer poses a threat. Residents are urged to “flush” their water to clear plumbing of any leftover contaminated water.

A boil water order was put into effect on Saturday.

Two fishermen got an up-close look at a great white shark Tuesday when their boat got close to a whale carcass. Matty Riley and Ken Roth were out lobstering in Cape Cod Bay around 11 a.m. when the shark approached their vessel. A video captured by Riley shows the close encounter.