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The Colorado River is in crisis. Many lower-basin states are blasting a federal plan to massively cut water deliveries from the river.

Isla Tortuga Park, located in northern Quito , Ecuador, was selected for the implementation of the Yaku (meaning "water" in Kichwa) prototype. This modular urban furniture project blends public space with sustainable rainwater and biodiversity management. Designed to be installed on any surface, its objective is to capture rainwater, store it, and promote its infiltration into the ground, emulati…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. The U.S. depends on hydroelectric power — and ever-worsening drought is threatening its supply. The western half of the country has faced a water crisis for years, and things have only gotten more dire in…

A landmark UN assessment says decades of overuse have pushed critical water systems beyond the point where full recovery is realistic.

Overpumping of groundwater during a severe drought caused parts of aquifers beneath the Sacramento Valley to collapse. Credit: Lance Cheung, USDA/Flickr , Public Domain

Record-low water levels at Lake Velence have made boating difficult and closed swimming beaches, offering a stark view of Hungary’s worsening water crisis

This year’s hot dry summer in England has reignited conversations on establishing new sources of drinking water to avoid supply issues. Water companies have included desalination in their long-term plans, but will they make that investment? The post What is standing in the way of desalination plant investment? appeared first on New Civil Engineer .

The last decade has witnessed the influx of significant research output in the area of green sorbents for water and wastewater treatment. These sorbents, which are derived from environmentally friendly, renewable, and locally available sources, such as lignocellulosic materials and biomass, have shown promising results in removing organic dyes, heavy metals, and micropollutants. With recent repor…

On a hot and sunny morning in August, a group of nine paddlers pushed their duckies and stand-up paddle boards into the Colorado River at Harky’s boat launch in Palisade.  The goal of the float was to experience and document the river at one of the lowest levels it has ever seen. With flows hovering […] The post How low can the Colorado River go? A slow float on the 15-mile reach appeared first o…

In addition to the outages, water quality problems over the years have created widespread mistrust of Puerto Rico’s water system

Water problems are popping up all over. Literally so, in at least one case. In the Permian basin, geysers of toxic wastewater are erupting. The water was pumped underground as part of the basin’s massive fracking operations. Fracking produces five or six barrels of wastewater for every barrel of oil. High pressure underground is pushing wastewater into oil and gas basins as well as threatening dr…

NASA Earth science data is supporting machine-learning forecasts that inform decisions about water, power, and public safety in Washington state. The post NASA Data Feeds River Forecasts as Snow Drought Effects Linger appeared first on NASA Science .

The existing plans and commitments to reduce water use don’t add up to even half of the savings that are needed to keep the river flowing.

Ever since Jacob Leinenkugel discovered spring waters here that were pure enough to brew his famous beer, this small Wisconsin city’s devotion to clean water has been paramount.  That’s why in 1997, when Chippewa Falls utility managers detected potentially dangerous concentrations of nitrates in a well supplying city water, officials acted. They installed new filtration […] The post This American…

ATHENS, Ga. — Turn on the faucet, and water comes out. For private well owners, though, that water has a story that starts far below ground. Where does well water actually come from? Why are some wells hundreds of feet deeper than others? And if your water looks, smells and tastes fine, do you still […] The post Is Your Well Water Safe? appeared first on Morning Ag Clips .

The “Asian Water Tower” is losing roughly 24.2 billion tonnes of groundwater every year, with some of the worst declines hitting densely populated farming regions. Glacier melt may temporarily soften the crisis around the 2060s, but without changes in water use, researchers expect depletion to accelerate afterward.

H2O America received state and federal regulatory approval for its Texas subsidiaries to acquire the assets of Quadvest, a Houston-area water and wastewater utility. The post H2O America Wins Approval for $540 Million Quadvest Water Utility Acquisition appeared first on iGrow News .