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Earth’s Major Aquifers Are in Trouble

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Groundwater reserves are falling, but little is known about how much water is left.

San Antonio Pipeline Continues Texas Water Rush

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America’s seventh-largest city debates a pipeline project worth billions as the second-fastest-growing state faces more demands for water in its third year of severe drought.

Hawaii River Restorations Reflect National Desire to Protect Water for Public Benefit

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Using public trust doctrine, communities restore streams diverted…

Big Data Requires Strong Relationships to Improve Farming

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To influence water and food systems, the data revolution needs…

Business, Finance Leaders Address U.S. Water Policy

From markets and higher prices, better water systems will flow,…

Report: U.S. Water Systems, Deteriorated and Slow to Change, Need New Strategy – And Money

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More of the same is not working in changed conditions of the 21st century.

Jerry Brown, Smart and Prepared, Responds to California’s Drought Emergency

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Steeled by past drought, governor is reshaping how largest U.S. state uses and distributes water.

Michigan Aquaculture, an Infant Industry, Attracts Powerful Opposition

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Quest for protein and profits invites challenge about pollution and waste.

Video: Global Choke Point — On the Front Lines of the Water-Food-Energy Crisis

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Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center team up for a Global Choke Point presentation.

Californians Ring In New Water Year with Trepidation

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Pervasive fear about consequences of another dry winter.

Showing Off Circle of Blue Colleagues and Reporting in Traverse City

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World-changing reporting fresh from northern Michigan. Photo…

Matt Black’s California Drought Photographs Featured in New Yorker

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Circle of Blue photographer documents Central Valley water shortage. Photo…