The brutal Australian drought has emerged as “The Biggest Dry.” This is no mere statement of hyperbole, scientists tell us. It’s what happens when a nation purposefully designed to use an enormous ...

Drought is upon the American West — with major implications for human health, biodiversity, agriculture, food security, supply chains, cities, land use, and the most very basic of human rights. This ...

Water, Texas is a six-part series on the consequences of the mismatch between runaway development and tightening constraints on the supply and quality of fresh water in Texas. The story of Texas is ...

SHERIDAN COUNTY, Kansas — Hydraulic pumps and mechanized irrigation equipment gave America’s Great Plains farmers access to seemingly limitless subterranean water wealth: the Ogallala Aquifer. Six ...

It was supposed to be called Cipriani, a master planned community with more than 9,700 homes at the western fringe of this sprawling desert city in central Arizona. Plans have changed. One regional ...

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India’s response to water challenges in the next months and years will affect generations. Delhi is thirsty, even parched. As the 3rd largest population center in the world, its 25 million people need ...

As temperatures rise on the Kenai Peninsula, freshwater quality is expected to change — affecting both salmon and humans, new research suggests.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Trump administration’s campaign to pare down the federal government, end federal funding for science, and waive environmental regulations is having ...

2010-2019 water rates data from 30 major U.S. cities. The interactive graphs show average monthly residential water prices for three levels of consumption and the annual percent change Circle of ...