Tips for protecting your home's water

VALPARAISO | All the testing the city's Water Department does to make sure the water entering the homes is safe isn't enough. The home owner is responsible once the water enters his property.

Study to determine Valpo water's future

VALPARAISO | The future of water and, indeed, the future of life in Valparaiso and the rest of the planet is a combination of finding an adequate supply, conserving water to make the supply last and restoring the infrastructure needed to bring the water to homes and businesses.

Raising cash for Thirst Project wells

For most Americans, getting all the clean water needed for everyday living involves walking only as far as the kitchen or bathroom.

States squaring off over water 'haves,' 'have-nots'

Water fights used to be a fun thing to do on hot summer days. These days, they are deadly serious and can go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lake Station water boil advisory lifted after break repaired

LAKE STATION | The city's water boil advisory has been lifted, officials said Monday.

Lake Station's new water plant will filter out problems

Indiana recently approved an $11 million Indiana Drinking Water State Revolving Fund low-interest loan to Lake Station in 2013 to improve the city's aging water distribution system, including the addition of the new 2 million-gallon-per-day drinking water treatment plant, which the City Coun…

KATHY LUTHER: Give thanks for water, conserve it carefully

Since this is a Thanksgiving column, you are either reading this column with the delicious aroma of turkey in the oven, or you are dozing over your newspaper in a pleasant turkey tryptophan-induced daze. While you are thinking of all the things you are thankful for -- whether family, friends…

MARK KIESLING: Water options for Chicago Heights may be evaporating

Not since the Hoover Dam was completed in 1936 has such a federal case been made about water.

KATHY LUTHER: Here's your chance to support clean water

Public opinion polls show Americans want clean water. Our own surveys of Northwest Indiana residents found that 91 percent value clean water.

MARK KIESLING: It's not Mexico, but don't drink the water anyway

There are apparently a number of ways to look at the water crisis in Sauk Village.

Ill. EPA: Sauk Village drinking water contaminated

SAUK VILLAGE | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says public drinking water in Sauk Village is polluted.

KATHY LUTHER: Become well grounded for groundwater protection

I’ve written a lot about stormwater runoff and ways to protect it. Today I’m thinking about the water underneath the ground and how the two are connected.

Water: It's about awareness and 'yuk' factor

The level of knowledge and concern for fresh water is low for the population in general, but it is especially low among high school and college students, Julie Peller said.

PHIL WIELAND: Preserving our water is something we oughter

After penning a week's worth of informative articles in observance of National Drinking Water Week, the poetry Muse pummeled with her lyre and forced me to write a tribute I call "Owed to Drinking Water." Don't blame me. Sue the Muse.

Wellhead protection protects more than wellhead

Editor's note: This is the first in a weeklong series of articles for National Drinking Water Week on the importance of preserving and conserving water.

Lake Station City Council clears way for improvements to water system

LAKE STATION | The City Council last week started down a path toward making major improvements to Lake Station's aging water system by 2013.

East Chicago hope boil order can be lifted soon

EAST CHICAGO | Water for drinking and cooking still must be boiled before being consumed, but city officials said Wednesday that "encouraging" preliminary water tests suggest a return to normalcy could be on the horizon.

East Chicago celebrates completion of new water filtration plant and tank

"This is a culmination of three administration's efforts to improve the quality of life for East Chicago families for generations to come," Mayor Anthony Copeland said this week as he, American Structure Point Inc., the Regional Development Authority, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S…

Use water wisely - that's all there is

As populations grow and fresh water demand increases, ways to use water more efficiently could determine our existence.

Dealing with lead, fluoride and drugs in the water

VALPARAISO | Lead contamination remains a problem for water systems, fluoride still is a controversial issue, but now water utilities are facing a drug problem.