The Colorado River drought crisis: 5 essential reads
Five articles from The Conversation’s archive explain what’s happening and what’s at stake in the Colorado River basin’s drought crisis.
As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back...
Lake Powell’s decline offers an opportunity to recover the landscape at Glen Canyon, but it also presents serious challenges.
Desalinating seawater sounds easy, but there are cheaper and more sustainable ways to meet...
Even in coastal cities, ocean desalination may not be the best or even among the best options to address water shortfalls.
Farmers can save water with wireless technologies, but there are challenges – like transmitting...
New technology can reduce water demand for irrigation by anywhere from 20% to 72% without hampering daily operations.
The westward spread of zebra and quagga mussels shows how tiny invaders can cause...
Fingernail-sized mollusks are spreading through U.S. rivers, lakes and bays, clogging water supply pipes and altering food webs.
Climate Change is making flooding worse: 3 reasons the world is seeing more record-breaking...
Climate change and warming temperatures are exacerbating heavy rainfall and flooding events.
A water strategy for the parched West: Have cities pay farmers to install more...
Robert Glennon, professor at the Univeristy of Arizona, proposes a two-pronged approach to help agriculture and the water shortage.
Hydropower’s future is clouded by droughts, floods and climate change – it’s also essential...
As competition for water increases, the way hydropower is managed within regions and across the power grid in the U.S. will have to evolve.
Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope
Several western states have experimented with cloud seeding to increase precipitation, but it may not be a promising strategy.
The US is making plans to replace all of its lead water pipes from...
The Biden administration has released a plan to accelerate removal of lead water pipes and lead paint from U.S. homes.