Watchdog says lack of EPA oversight helped cause ‘catastrophic’ Flint water crisis

6 years ago

Placards posted above water fountains warn against drinking the water at Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Michigan, May 4,…

Figuring out the water cycle… still

6 years ago

By emitting moisture, trees play a crucial role in water cycles and global rainfall. Brunei Ministry of Primary Resources and…

Sinking land, poisoned water: the dark side of California’s mega farms

6 years ago

Farm fields along the path of the California aqueduct in the Central Valley, a region that produces a quarter of…

Water use in the USA, 2015

6 years ago

Although thermoelectric and irrigation are the dominant categories nationally, the county breakdown reveals regional variation. In the map below, you…

Trump Just Remade Ocean Policy—Here’s What That Means

6 years ago

The spill began with a bang. On August 20, 2010 a jet of natural gas surged to the Deepwater Horizon…

Avoiding outdoor water waste: Coping with Texas summers

6 years ago

Stepping out on the porch of our farmhouse on an already-hot May afternoon, looking out at our yard, I’m happy…

Radiokrypton dating plumbs mysteries of water aquifers

6 years ago

Argonne physicist Peter Mueller and his colleagues are selectively capturing and counting rare isotopes of krypton to determine the age…

The Valley floor is sinking, and it’s crippling California’s ability to deliver water

6 years ago

Completed during Harry Truman’s presidency, the Friant-Kern Canal has been a workhorse in California’s elaborate man-made water-delivery network. It’s a…

Toilet to tap? Daytona Beach experiments with turning treated wastewater into drinking water

6 years ago

The city of Daytona Beach is part of a new pilot program to experiment with turning treated wastewater into drinking…

North metro Denver groundwater contaminated with PFCs flows to 50,000 residents

6 years ago

Photo: South Adams County Water and Sanitation District tests water for metals at Klein Water Treatment Facility on July 13, 2018 in…