This article is brought to you by the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans. It's hard to imagine how dirty pool water from a house down the street could end up in one's tap and drinking water.

Q: I have a backyard with an odd-shaped lot. My problem is getting water to the odd-shaped part so that I can hand-water some plants. I have a hose spigot on the back of my house, but I don't want to ...

When I was in college — more years ago than I would like to admit — I served as a resident assistant in my university's residence halls. Each floor had a vacuum students could use to clean their rooms ...