infrastructure

Flood risk for millions in USA from the ageing network of levees

There are nearly 2,000 kilometres of levees in the Joaquin River delta in northern California. Image: Jeffrey T Kreulen/Shutterstock Nationwide,…

6 months ago

Reclamation and Sites Project Authority plans to create new water storage in Northern California

Sites Reservoir would increase California’s existing water supply by providing 1.5 million acre-feet of additional storage capacity to the state…

6 months ago

The Great Kansas Aqueduct: Solution or Folly from a Bygone Era?

The United States has long been known as a country willing to take gigantic risks in order to build innovative…

6 months ago

Tap water is cheap, but old pipes and a shrinking Colorado River could change that

Workers install new PVC pipe under a street in Denver on October 11, 2023. Denver's water department has planned nearly…

7 months ago

Tribal water infrastructure needs more than one-time fix, senators told

Photo: Brian Bennon, a water expert with the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, told a Senate hearing that funding for…

8 months ago