Panicked buyers grabbed armfuls of bottled water from store shelves across Philadelphia on Sunday after a ruptured pipe spilled at least 8,100 gallons of a latex chemical solution into the ...

Authorities were still assessing why a chemical plant late Friday spilled thousands of gallons of an acrylic polymer into a tributary of the river, Philadelphia’s main water supply. The spill ...

Oil spills happen when small or large amounts of crude oil or distilled oils like gasoline or diesel are released into bodies of water and coastal lands. The spill contains toxic chemicals and can ...

Philadelphia residents can continue to use and drink the city's tap water until at least 3:30 p.m. local time Tuesday following a chemical spill in the Delaware River, according to officials.

The way oil drops break up at the water's surface means some oil may not get cleaned up after a spill. Oil drops from underwater oil spills can break into tinier droplets at the surface that ...

Mayor Jim Kenney took a sip of water after announcing Philadelphia's tap water will not be impacted by last Friday's chemical spill in Bucks County. (Cory Sharber/WHYY) City officials say Philadelphia ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston Public Works said clean-up began on Tuesday morning after a holding tank's structure failed and caused a major sewage water spill at a southwest Houston treatment ...

(Google Earth) The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation reported the spill of up to 400,000 gallons of water used at a large lead and zinc mine in Northern Alaska early Wednesday.

Last month’s massive spill of water contaminated with coal ash in northern Minnesota is being watched closely for potential harm to wild-rice beds, which grow in a nearby creek and lake ...