Fresh water

Anheuser-Busch focuses on clean water over beer in Super Bowl ads

A resident of East Porterville, California, holds a can of water donated by the Anheuser-Busch company in the area's fourth…

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Wisconsin DNR Sets Hearing on Foxconn Water Diversion

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has scheduled a public hearing on Racine officials' request to pull 7 million gallons…

7 years ago

5 Million Gallons of Freshwater Used to Frack Just One Well

Smith Creek near Ponca, Arkansas. Buffalo Outdoor Center / Flickr A lot has been said about the toxic slurry of…

7 years ago

‘If there’s no water, what’s the point?’ Female farmers in Arizona

Arizona has the highest proportion of female farmers – but conditions in this dry desert landscape aren’t easy, and rural…

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Radium contamination in water most widespread in Texas, environmental group says

More than half of Americans could be drinking tap water tainted with a radioactive element. A new report from the…

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U.S. rivers are getting saltier, potentially compromising drinking water

photo: Allison Cekala The bomb cyclone that hit the northeastern United States last week left roadways and vehicles caked in…

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The lesser-known threat from sea-level rise? Saltwater intrusion into Florida’s freshwater wells.

When it comes to sea-level rise, Miami is usually deemed ground zero. Time-lapse maps depict the creeping rise of blue,…

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Wisconsin, under Scott Walker, no longer leads in conservation

Walker and GOP lawmakers have used one-party control since 2011 to engineer the biggest shift in natural resource management since…

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Water quality deal lacks allure in swath of Iowa

Photo: Jack Boyer of Reinbeck refills his air seeder Nov. 10 before spreading for cover crops on his farm in…

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Drought-declaration judgment day in Arizona

Weather-wise, it is one of the most anticipated events of the fall season. Will they? Or… won’t they? Will the…

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