In cities,we tend to take our water for granted. How does it get to us – and how do you put a price on it?
NSW can boast almost-perfect water quality at the vast majority of its beaches,but two of Sydney’s most famous swimming spots have received damning rankings.
Independent tests have linked PFAS contamination in the Blue Mountains to the site of a 1992 petrol tanker crash.
Authorities have proposed much lower safe limits for cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in drinking water. What does it mean for you?
The new thresholds are likely to force the clean-up of tap water supplied to hundreds of thousands of people across the country.
The high-profile pledges land with early voting set to open Monday,and LNP efforts to beat the third-term Labor government to only its third win in 35 years.
New research provides scientific evidence that longwall mining is draining endangered upland swamps,eroding water quality and creating fire risk.
Council engineers have identified the substance probably behind the sudden appearance of “green cordial” water in Sydney Harbour – but the culprit remains a mystery.
Hours after the Herald published revelations of high levels of “forever chemicals” at a dam this week,NSW Health moved to get all water utilities to screen for PFAS.
Independent tests near Medlow Dam in the Blue Mountains show contamination at far higher levels than the government has admitted.
A tiny sandy bar sitting in the creek that flows between Tempe and Wolli Creek has occupied a unique place in the region’s cultural and environmental history. But Fatima Island’s days are numbered.