Equity

We discuss a recent American Rivers report that examines the economic value of rivers and our nation’s crumbling water infrastructure. The report calls on Congress to invest $500 billion over 10 years in water infrastructure and river restoration.

Is your community’s water tainted with lead? The data might not have been reported.

In Diamond Valley, Nevada, farmers are looking to protect their future — and testing the limits of the state’s water laws.

As climate change and overuse reduce water supplies, the gap between “paper water” (the legal right to use water) and “actual water” (what’s available) is widening.

Where groundwater gives way to warm springs, a fight continues over building a new desert town outside Las Vegas.

At least 1.1 million people in the United States do not have hot and cold running water in their house and a shower or tub for bathing.

Residents of a mobile home park in Edwards say their well water tastes, looks and smells bad.

Advocates say rainwater harvesting is a key component to improving water access and countering climate change

Water conservation in California’s southern desert is causing an environmental disaster as the Salton Sea quickly shrinks.