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Showing posts with label fresh water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fresh water. Show all posts
Friday, May 15, 2026

Rye is the little grain that could, and it's helping to protect land and increase cash for farmers

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While San Luis Valley makes up only a tiny percentage of Colorado's population, the region contributes roughly 39% of the state's t...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Stymied Colorado River negotiations may need federal intervention and outside facilitators to reach an agreement

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, center , meets in January with governors and representatives  of the seven Colorado River basin states. (D...
Friday, February 06, 2026

Snow drought in Western states adds to regional water supply worries and takes a toll on winter tourism

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Western states rely on winter snowpack for community and farming water supplies. (Photo by Lamar, Unsplash) Unlike most of the country, West...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Data center developments offer plenty of community reporting opportunities

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U.S. data center infrastructure, with the relationship between the data center locations, transmission infrastructure and fiber optic netw...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Pilot program that pays irrigating farmers for their water rights helps Nevada aquifers recover from overuse

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Retiring groundwater rights helps depleted aquifers  recover from overuse. (The Nature Conservancy map) After years of battling water overus...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Forty-eight states face moderate drought, which affects groundwater supplies, agriculture and river transportation

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Drought caused this sunflower crop to fail. (Adobe Stock photo) This summer's scorching heat may be over, but across the United States a...
Friday, September 20, 2024

Public water is tested for toxins, but private well-water is not; some residents push for required testing to save lives

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Well water that looks and tastes clean isn't always contaminant free. ( Photo by A. Sikdar, Unsplash) Water used by public utilities is ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Opinion: U.S. must invest in water infrastructure or face cities and towns with problems like Atlanta, or worse

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Old pipes are just one part of U.S. water infrastructure that needs repair and redesign. (Adobe Stock photo) Reflecting on the recent water ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

A new EPA rule means polluters, not taxpayers, will have to pay for some 'forever chemicals' cleanup

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PFAS have been used in the U.S. since 1938. (Adobe Stock photo) The presence of PFAS, or "forever chemicals," in U.S. drinking wat...
Friday, April 12, 2024

EPA issues drinking water standards for toxic 'forever chemicals;' for cities and towns, an unknown price awaits

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Removing PFAS from drinking water is costly. (Photo by Samara Doole, Unsplash) The Environmental Protection Agency has issued its first dri...
Friday, March 29, 2024

Home septic systems need regular care and maintenance to prevent 'seriously unpleasant' and expensive problems

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Protozoa, rotifers, and other microorganisms work in septic systems. (Image via Southern Sanitary Systems) People who migrate from the city ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

U.S. beef herd hits a dramatic low as ranchers face repeated droughts and extreme weather

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Graph by John McCracken, Investigate Midwest, from USDA data More prolonged periods of drought paired with extreme weather swings have reduc...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Quick hits: Are media outlets ready for an 'extinction-level event'? A new National Park; the best rural water

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Photo by Yosh Ginsu, Unsplash Are media outlets ready to rethink and reinvent themselves to survive? That's a big question with so many ...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

A plan to restore and protect the Mississippi River is getting another chance in Congress

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The Mississippi River basin, its major tributaries and the hypoxic "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. (EPA map via WJS) After cent...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

A new EPA app helps journalists who are looking for local water quality data that's easy to understand and share

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Eighth graders collect samples from the Pigeon River in N.C. (Photo by G. Peeples, FWS, Flickr Creative Commons via SEJ) If you're a jou...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Farmers in a California region created a system to address water scarcity; it could be a national conservation model

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Pajaro Valley lost its precious strawberry crops 40 years ago. (Photo by Nathan Weyland, NYT) As groundwater becomes more challenging to sou...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Transforming wastewater directly into drinking water might sound 'yucky,' but experts say it could work well

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A wastewater purification system. (Photo by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline) Toilet water repurposed as drinking water has one major challenge...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

States that share water from the Colorado River are working to balance the needs of farmers and cities

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Upper Division: Colo., N.M., Utah and Wyo. Lower Div.: Nev., Ariz. and Calif. (Wikipedia map) Contention over how to share water from the Co...
Tuesday, December 05, 2023

Mussels -- 'the unsung heroes of river life' -- are finally making a comeback in the Apalachicola River

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The ACF River Basin watershed. (Wikipedia map) It's a success story with muscle, or should we say mussels ? "Some good news for the...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Two years after passage of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, billions of dollars remain available for projects

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Brookings Institution graph Roughly two years ago, the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill was signed into law. The bill included $550 billion...