Filled up, the container is enough to water a small yard. It’s about 275 gallons, but the city has enough reclaimed water to give out 20,000 gallons of water per day. “It’ll weigh over a ton.

If you live in an area with hard ... tap for drinking water (not connected to the softener). 'The difference is night and day when it comes to the shower - and with two small children, I like ...

Even before steady and often heavy rainfall began falling across the Chicago area on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District was urging people to cut down on their water use ...

Fine roots can be covered by root hairs that significantly increase the absorptive surface area and improve contact between roots and the soil (Figure 2). Some plants also improve water uptake by ...

Glaciers are melting faster than ever. As the planet gets hotter, our frozen world is shrinking, making the water cycle more unpredictable. For billions of people, meltwater flows are changing ...

"Mexico's continued shortfalls in its water deliveries under the 1944 water-sharing treaty are decimating American agriculture - particularly farmers in the Rio Grande valley," the department's ...

All five people on board a small plane that crashed into a residential area in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday survived and were taken to hospitals, authorities said. Conditions for the ...