For the better part of its history, the power industry has taken water for granted. Where makeup water was needed for boiler and cooling systems, securing water rights from river, groundwater, or lake ...

It would be impossible to overstate the complexity of water supply management in California. Hundreds of federal, state and local agencies decree who or what is supplied with water, when and how much ...

The western United States is known for big water struggles. States and cities have to negotiate how to reduce consumption and distribute that water. Now, with climate change and years of drought, the ...

There is less and less water, while the demand for it continues to grow, whether for drinking, agriculture, or electricity production. "Water wars" are no longer science fiction. They are now a global ...

FILE - Residents transport drinking water from Humaita to the Paraizinho community, along the dry Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, amid a drought, in Amazonas state, Brazil, Sunday, ...

More than three decades after being listed for protection, California’s delta smelt is “functionally extinct.” The Trump administration could hasten its demise. At just 3 inches long, the delta smelt ...

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The diminishing availability of water resources across the globe should be considered one of the most pressing environmental security challenges of the century. Francis Galgano, an associate professor ...