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 ...

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 ...

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — WPTV hired a private, independent environmental consulting firm to test the tap water for fecal bacteria in Riviera Beach. In the weeks following the discovery of a positive E.

Laboratory testing of standing water at Peace River Village mobile home park in Bartow showed a high concentration of fecal coliform, Bartow City Manager Mike Herr said Wednesday. The city first ...

The meaning of the standard fecal coliform test used to monitor water quality has been called into question by a new study that identified sources of Escherichia coli bacteria that might not indicate ...

(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 ...

Deerfield officials apologized on Monday night for a delay in the boil water order issued Aug. 12, saying Highland Park employees working in the water testing lab did not clearly communicate the fecal ...

FLINT, MI -- The city has issued a boil advisory for a portion of Flint, saying water in the area has tested positive for total coliform bacteria. The area of the advisory is bordered by Dayton Street ...