Although thermoelectric and irrigation are the dominant categories nationally, the county breakdown reveals regional variation. In the map below, you...
The Valley floor is sinking, and it’s crippling California’s ability to deliver water
Completed during Harry Truman’s presidency, the Friant-Kern Canal has been a workhorse in California’s elaborate man-made water-delivery network. It’s a...
Beekeeping preserves wetlands in Algeria
The Wetlands Complex of Guerbès-Sanhadja in Algeria. With an area of 42,100 hectares and 40 million m3 of water reserves...
New study examines impacts of fracking on water supplies worldwide
Credit: Rosa, et al. (2018) Using hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and natural gas from shale is a common technique...
“Non-renewable” central Washington water source nearly run dry
Have you had a 10,000 year-old glass of water? The water that’s pumped up from the Columbia Basin’s deepest irrigation...