Peter Gleick: Wake Up, Here is What a Real Water Crisis Looks Like

aus_itrained California is in the midst of an ugly debate about water--uglier than normal--because of a confluence of events, including a "hydrologic" drought caused by nature

Rain Collection No Longer Criminal in Colorado

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rain-spout Many enterprising Coloradoans collected rainwater in secrecy for years in the past, but today they no longer have to hide their habit

In the Mississippi Delta, No Choice but to Drown

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mississippi_river A new study in Monday's issue of Nature Geoscience reports "significant" drowning of the Mississippi River delta is "inevitable"

Peter Gleick: Truth Drought, California’s Real Shortfall

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central_valley Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar came to California on Sunday to hear firsthand about California's drought.

Drinking From The Sea

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Pressed by growing urban populations, drier and warmer climates and the need to fortify supplies stretched by the increasing worldwide thirst, metropolitan and national governments on five continents are building record numbers of industrial plants to use a nearly alchemic technology to produce drinking water from the sea.

Peter Gleick: Rainbow Waters, Fishing for Hope

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I flyfish. Infrequently and badly. But as any unsuccessful…

White House Report: US to Face Floods, Droughts and Competition for Water

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The White House issued last Tuesday an assessment of how global warming will unfold across the United States in the next century.

U.S. College Pioneers Unique Fresh Water Studies Degree

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greatlakes On the shores of the Great Lakes, a U.S. college takes fresh water to the classroom.

Peter Gleick: Western Governors and New Thinking on Water

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I had the opportunity this week to brief a group of western…

NASA to Launch Moon Water Probe

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lcorss_artwork NASA is sending a kamikaze probe to the moon to finally end the debate over lunar water.

US and Canada Revisit Key Water Quality Pact

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The United States and Canada decided to update a key agreement that protects the Great Lakes from invasive species

Peter Gleick: Is Some California Water Use Unconstitutional?

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As of now, Sacramento has some new rules about water use.