New data shows that water levels in major reservoirs including Lakes Mead and Powell are well below average for this time of year.

Storms and strong winds over the past 10 days have not only left several homes and business without power for brief stints, ...

Burying water and sewer lines exposed following a dam removal project could cost Carpentersville more than $3 million. Two ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A drinking water alert for infants in parts of the south suburbs was lifted Friday. Nitrate levels in the Kankakee River water are now below the required level, Aqua ...

Carpentersville may need to spend more than $4 million to bury water and sewer lines below the bottom of the Fox River because dam removal has lowered water levels, officials said.

Due to elevated levels of E. coli from recent heavy rains and water flows, the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) issued an E. coli advisory for areas of Grand and Hudson Lakes and Illinois River.

Thanks to unseasonably low water levels, islands of silt, rock and sand — and even an abandoned car — have emerged in the Fox River near East and West Dundee and Carpentersville.

According to the National Weather Service, the Mississippi River at Grafton, Illinois is expected to drop down to 15.8 feet by Saturday after getting to less than two feet shy of the action level ...

Karen Schepers' remains were finally identified after being found in a car submerged in the Fox River, nearly 43 years after she went missing, thanks to the efforts of the Elgin Police Department and ...

The $1.3 billion project to clean up Wisconsin's Lower Fox River removed 6.5 ... It may take several decades for PCB levels in fish to ... Anything caught in water with more than 2 ...

One person was reported missing, and an overturned jet ski could be seen in the middle of the Fox River, officials said. The missing person's body was found in the water just after 3 p.m.

The Fox River will soon flow freely from Algonquin to Elgin. Crews will begin work on a $1.2 million project to remove the Carpentersville Dam this month.