Before hundreds of swimmers are set to jump into the Chicago River in September, organizers and advocates say they are taking ...

The Seine will be the stage for the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and for its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway is challenging to keep clean.

Fecal pollution in the Seine River has been a chronic issue during the 2024 Olympics. But many of Charleston's waters are also contaminated with poop bacteria.

The open water 10k swims are supposed to take place in the city’s famed river Seine, but if the city can’t get E. coli bacteria colony numbers down to a safe level, it’ll have to be moved.

Ewww, gross. While merrymakers seem to be having good clean fun in the pool, some are actually doing cringy stuff.

The waters of Lonesome Lake, an alpine lake in the Wind River range, exceed the EPA’s safety threshold for fecal ...

By Friday, they’ve posted the results at James River Watch, so weekend swimmers can enter the water with a better idea of exactly how many disease-causing bacteria they’ll be up against.

Lake Augusta, located in the city of Mendota Heights, becomes a haven for the cormorants each fall due to the dead trees that line the shore ...

Two popular river beaches have been temporarily closed due to elevated levels of bacteria linked to fecal contamination. According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP), ...