FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — Many students in Frederick County had to adjust to a new status quo when they began the school year: dry drinking fountains. The change stems from a concerning discovery by ...

Testing recently conducted by the Maryland Department of the Environment found eight Frederick County Public Schools where levels of certain chemicals in drinking water exceeded new U.S. Environmental ...

FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — All but one Frederick County Public School with well water contaminated by the so-called "forever chemical" PFAS is in close proximity to fire stations and farm fields in ...

Frederick County will take out a $2.2 million forgivable loan to connect one apartment complex and two mobile home parks to public water after a state agency found contaminants in the communities’ ...

Maryland is working to deliver safer, cleaner drinking water by reducing a group of pervasive and persistent chemicals known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” which contaminate some of the state’s ...

So-called “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, are odorless, tasteless compounds that can pose serious health risks — and they’re increasingly being found in local waterways, including the Monocacy River in ...

Newly released test results for drinking water plants that serve city of Frederick residents show that levels of “forever chemicals” in Frederick have been under federal limits so far this year. The U ...