water quality

As Tulsa nears the completion of a low-water dam, residents have voiced concern about water quality in the Arkansas River. In an update about the dam’s construction, city officials said they’ll be monitoring water quality in the new Zink Lake, but not until spring of next year.

The Tulsa Ports Authority has approved a plan to construct a new wastewater treatment facility in Inola that can support both the town and its fledgling river port, according to reporting by The Tulsa World.

Before you take a sip of water from a public water supply, it runs a gauntlet of tests to make sure it’s safe for you to drink.

The city of Chickasha says its aging water treatment facility needs to be replaced. Residents will head to the polls next month to decide how the new water treatment plant will be funded.

A decades-long court battle between Oklahoma and poultry corporations in Northwest Arkansas has been extended once again.

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has issued an order not to use water from the McAlester Public Works Authority or several Pittsburgh County Rural Water Districts that buy their water from the city.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt was among 25 Republican governors across the country who signed a letter to President Joe Biden opposing a new rule defining the scope of the Clean Water Act.

After nearly two decades, a federal judge ruled in the state’s favor, finding Tyson Foods and ten other poultry producers guilty of polluting the Illinois River and Lake Tenkiller in Eastern Oklahoma.

The City of Enid has received $8 million in federal funds for water infrastructure projects.

Oklahoma City and the OKC Water Utilities Trust have filed a lawsuit against an oil company for stealing the city’s water and harming protected lands at the Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge.