The Delaware River's salt front -- the line where ocean water and freshwater meet -- has been shifting upstream from its typical spot near Wilmington to about 20 miles north, near the Philadelphia ...

First came 2002. Water officials, verging on panic, restricted outdoor water use. The drought was believed to be the most severe in 500 years. Fine, thought water officials as rain and snow resumed, ...

A push from the sea side – whether it’s sea-level rise, storm surge or high tides – moves the balance point landward. Droughts or heavy use of fresh water can also cause seawater to move inland.

Nearly half — 46% — of all the water drawn from the Colorado River goes to growing feed for beef and dairy cows, according to a recent study published in the journal Communications Earth ...

The 1,450-mile Colorado River provides drinking water and agricultural irrigation to about 40 million people across seven U.S. states, 30 tribal nations and two states in Mexico.

The Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the San Diego County Water Authority announced Monday that they have settled a legal dispute spanning 15 years over the ...

At the Red Bluff Reservoir on the Pecos River, Daniel Arrant of Kingsley Water Co. has sold more than 75 million barrels of water, or more than 4 billion gallons, for oil and gas operations since ...

More than half of the Colorado River's water is used to grow crops, primarily livestock feed, a new study finds. The river and its users are facing tough decisions as the climate warms.

The proposals released last week by states in the Upper and Lower Basins of the Colorado River are one volley in ongoing negotiations to set rules for how water will be released to the states ...

The river first failed to reach the Sea of Cortez in the 1960s and, as diversions in Arizona and elsewhere expanded, has ceased to reach the sea altogether since the 1990s — save for an ...