But the threat to water supplies is only just beginning. After the smoke clears, the soil, which was once nestled beneath a ...

Scientists analyzed water quality in 145 watersheds after wildfires and found dramatic spikes in contaminants.

After the Buffalo Creek Fire in 1996 and then the Hayman Fire in 2002, Denver’s water utility spent more than US$27 million over several years to treat the water, remove more than 1 million ...