irrigation

New study examines impacts of fracking on water supplies worldwide

Credit: Rosa, et al. (2018) Using hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and natural gas from shale is a common technique…

6 years ago

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

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

6 years ago

What logging does to your water

There are a lot of issues with deforestation. However, for some nations around the world, logging jobs provide stable sources…

7 years ago

To Save Their Water Supply, Colorado Farmers Taxed Themselves

A sign advertising a water sale sits on a farm outside Del Norte, Colorado. The Western U.S. is just starting…

7 years ago

Idaho on pace to set aquifer recharge record during 2017-18 season

Storage water is recharged this fall into New Sweden Irrigation District’s reservoir. Through the first part of December, the Idaho…

7 years ago