Tucson Water recently shut down a treatment plant after discovering it was sending water contaminated with chemical compounds to thousands of residents of downtown and the city’s west and north ...

McGuigan said Greene County could boost its water supply by drilling wells. This, he said, would be the safer option. “The reservoir is more prone to contamination,” he posted on Facebook.

The cumulative effect of several bank armoring projects with rock, which have the potential to speed water flows causing even more damage downstream, is another concern following the 2022 flood.

"What we’re seeing ... is not just a local crisis." Scientists sound alarm over rising threat that's contaminating water ...