Fresh water

Red-faced U.S. Navy at Red Hill?

Photo courtesy of My Kailua Opinion Fresh, potable water is an everyday miracle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.…

3 years ago

‘Like It Never Happened’: Federal Judge Tosses Trump Attack on Clean Water Rule

Denying a Biden administration request to temporarily retain the rule, the judge reestablished "the careful balance of state and federal…

3 years ago

Freshwater ecosystems at risk due to glyphosate use

Photo: One of the few species that was found to be resistant to severe glyphosate contamination was Scapholeberis mucronata, a…

3 years ago

Principal Aquifers of the United States

This principal aquifers map is available for download as a wall-map-sized PDF (14.4 MB), a printable PDF (1.7 MB), or…

3 years ago

Drought Spreads to 93 Percent of West — That’s Never Happened

Photo: In an aerial view, the San Gabriel River and the exposed lakebed of the San Gabriel Reservoir are seen…

3 years ago

Environmental group: Iowa’s waterway cleanup plan could take 22,000 years

The Iowa Environmental Council is working to improve water quality in Iowa’s lakes, including West Okoboji Lake, shown here. (Photo…

3 years ago

Humanity’s challenge of the century: Conserving Earth’s freshwater systems

Many dryland cities like Los Angeles, Cairo and Tehran have already outstripped natural water recharge, but are expected to continue…

4 years ago

Soil-powered fuel cell promises cheap, sustainable water purification

Soil microbial fuel cells as designed by researchers at the University of Bath. Credit: University of Bath Engineers at the…

4 years ago

World population facing water stress could ‘double’ by 2050

The number of people exposed to water stress could double by 2050 if efforts are not made to keep global…

5 years ago

Single Systems: Great Lakes cities’ sewer designs mean waste in the waters

The video shot in the summer of 2016 is grisly. In it, Mark Mattson, co-founder of the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper,…

5 years ago