The Columbia River Basin grew from roughly 1.8 to 7.2 million people from 1930 to 2000. 24 It is predicted to reach approximately 10 million by 2030. 25 Dams in the basin have provided jobs ...

The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation last month released its third plan to restore and protect the Catawba River Basin: the South Fork Catawba Sub-Basin Restoration and Protection Plan. The Catawba ...

This story was published in partnership with High Country News. This story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how climate change-fueled drought is reshaping communities ...

Water in the Arkansas River Basin is in high demand. Farmers, rafters, and fishermen use it. So do cities and towns far from the river, where hundreds of thousands of people live and work.

This week for Serving the Ozarks, we’re highlighting the James River Basin Partnership and the work they are doing year-round to keep our rivers and streams clean. The James River Basin ...

They have licensed a Canadian firm, ReconAfrica, to prospect for oil in the Cubango Okavango River Basin, in an area covering 34,000km². In total, the river basin covers 700,000km², encompassing ...

Much of the Mississippi River basin is getting wetter, according to a new analysis of federal data, while rainfall events are becoming more intense. At the same time, the western half of the U.S ...

But it’s only one small part of the nation’s 15-year effort to restore Pacific lamprey populations to their former abundance in the Columbia River Basin after dams, habitat destruction ...

The implication associated with online posts in February 2023 that a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, therefore poisoned the entire Ohio River basin's drinking water supply is unsupported.

The Trump administration ruined what should have been a good spring in the Klamath River Basin. By abruptly laying off federal personnel and freezing payments for already authorized programs and ...

Water managers are preparing for another potentially lackluster runoff this year in the Colorado River Basin. At a meeting Tuesday, water managers from the Upper Colorado River Commission agreed to ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Seas and oceans contain 97% of the world's water, and ice holds 2%. That leaves just 1% of the world's water as ...