With Green Makeover, Philadelphia Tackles Its Stormwater Problem

6 years ago

A rain garden manages stormwater runoff in Philadelphia's Germantown section. Philadelphia Water Department Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia’s favorite son, described his…

NASA building new tools to manage water as climate dangers grow

6 years ago

After an unusually dry winter, a late-season storm finally soaked California in early March, piling up several feet of snow…

“Non-renewable” central Washington water source nearly run dry

6 years ago

Have you had a 10,000 year-old glass of water? The water that’s pumped up from the Columbia Basin’s deepest irrigation…

Brain-damaging lead in tap water, hundreds of homes across Chicago

7 years ago

After city testing found high lead levels in the tap water in her Chicago home, Jenny Abrahamian decided to install…

We Depend On Plastic. Now, We’re Drowning in It.

7 years ago

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Visit their pages…

Everyone Is Applauding National Geographic’s Cover — But Shock Lies Inside

7 years ago

National Geographic magazine has just launched an informative and shockingly revealing campaign called Planet or Plastic? and it is something…

How dairy processors can reduce water waste

7 years ago

Dairy processors could look to new technologies to address water sustainability challenges A 2015 report from the World Economic Forum…

Water and wetlands

7 years ago

Wynchnor Washland — part of Staffordshire WT's Farming Floodplains For the Future project (credit Nick Mott) Wetlands are vital part…

We can see how humans have altered Earth’s water resources

7 years ago

For millennia, humans have harnessed rivers, built dams, and dug wells to quench our growing civilization. Now, for the first…

Detect Water Leaks with the 10-Minute WaterSense Challenge

7 years ago

Did you know that easy-to-fix water leaks account for nearly 1 trillion gallons of water wasted each year in U.S.…