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The largest data centers can guzzle millions of gallons of fresh water a day. Roughly 40% are located in the most ...
State water leaders appear to be coalescing behind a new proposal for sharing the Colorado River after talks were stuck in a ...
It is a much shorter period than what we're used to,” says an El Paso Water executive. “Usually, we get water from the river ...
Low water levels and high sediment flow on the South Saskatchewan River are prompting ferry closures, altering Canada Day ...
The marked decline in water levels follows the closure of gates at the Baglihar and Salal dams — a move seen as India asserting its rights under the long-standing Indus Waters Treaty.
The Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon on Oct. 10, 2022. Utah researchers have found that dust continues to impact snowmelt in the river basin. (Spenser Heaps, Deseret News) ...
The River District’s campaign to purchase the $99 million water rights would secure the river’s oldest and largest non-consumptive rights and ensure the continuation of its in-stream flows. The $40 ...
The Upper Colorado River Commission — a body that represents the four states in the upper Colorado River basin — is in its third year beefing up the measurement of stream flows, water ...
John Wheeler is Chief Meteorologist for WDAY, a position he has had since May of 1985. Wheeler grew up in the South, in Louisiana and Alabama, and cites his family's move to the Midwest as ...
The salt front is defined as a seven-day average of 250 milligrams per liter of chloride, too salty for safe drinking water. It reached as far upstream as River Mile 102—only eight miles below ...
Chris Blazer, left and Melissa Garcia of San Francisco, head back to their vehicle after a day of sunning along the banks of the Eel River in Dos Rios on Wednesday, April 7, 2016.
Water flows from the New Bullards Bar Dam into the North Yuba River on Monday, Feb. 3, 2024, as dam operators prepared for the atmospheric river that brought several inches of rain to the region ...