It’s a Godless 90 degrees. You’ve escaped the inferno of your non-airconditioned apartment and high-tailed it to Madison ...

A new report reveals contaminated beach conditions in Washington, raising health concerns for summer visitors.

Horrible water quality made it illegal to swim in the Seine for more than a century, but the Olympics pushed forward to hold ...

We asked readers Friday if they'd be willing to take a dive into the not-so-dirty water of the Charles River themselves. 51.4 ...

It's hot, but you're going to want to avoid the water at one beach in Seattle and another in Kirkland-- there's high levels ...

When local health departments issue swim advisories at Hampton Roads beaches, it’s because they’ve determined the concentration of enterococci bacteria is too high. The bacteria is a ...

While many Oklahomans love a summer day spent in the water at their favorite lake, others would rather skip this activity.

More than 90% of Texas beaches were potentially unsafe for swimming at least one day last year due to fecal contamination.

The seven swim areas with advisories as of July 2 are: Keyport Beach, east of Broad Street, which had 1,400 colony forming ...