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Lake Powell at sunrise on September 2, 2022 near Page, Arizona. The light colored "bathtub ring" above the waterline was created underwater before record drought reduced the flow of the Colorado River.

Feds Bet on Paying for Water Conservation to Protect the Colorado River

By Wyatt Myskow
A water tower in Prichard, Alabama, a majority Black town with a crumbling water infrastructure. Mobile’s nearby skyline is visible in the background. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

As Alabama Judge Orders a Takeover of a Failing Water System, Frustrated Residents Demand Federal Intervention

By Lee Hedgepeth
An irrigation ditch, center, carries river water toward Quechan tribal land along the long-depleted Colorado River, left, as it flows between California, right, and Arizona, on May 26, 2023 near Winterhaven, California. The Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation and the neighboring Bard Water District currently have voluntary seasonal fallowing programs which compensate farmers to not grow crops on some of their fields to boost water levels at Lake Mead. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

The Federal Bureau of Reclamation Announces Reduced Water Cuts for Colorado River States

By Wyatt Myskow
The smokestacks of Dow and other petrochemical plants dominate the skyline in the lower Brazos River watershed around Freeport, Texas. Credit: Meridith Kohut for The Texas Observer.

Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated

By Delger Erdenesanaa, the Texas Observer
Jera Slaughter

On Chicago’s South Side, Neighbors Fight to Keep Lake Michigan at Bay

By Siri Chilukuri, Grist
Heat radiates off of the panels of one of the solar farms in Desert Center, California, on Monday, May 8, 2023. Credit: Alex Gould

Solar Is Booming in the California Desert, if Water Issues Don’t Get in the Way

By Wyatt Myskow
Olga Thomas and other residents of Hueco Tanks rely on a private company to haul water to their neighborhood. Now she can count on her hydro panels for drinking water. Credit: Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times

This Texas Community Has Waited Decades for Running Water. Could Hydro-Panels Help?

By Martha Pskowski
Angie Mestas, a schoolteacher, used a lifetime of savings to drill a drinking well on her land in Los Sauces, Colorado. But she won't drink from it until she tests for arsenic and E. coli, which are common in the area. Credit: Melissa Bailey for KFF Health News

As Water Levels Drop, the Risk of Arsenic Rises

By Melissa Bailey, KFF Health News
Construction continues on a new section for homes at Festival Ranch on Oct. 24, 2022 in Buckeye, Arizona. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Amid Continuing Drought, Arizona Is Coming up With New Sources of Water—if Cities Can Afford Them

By Wyatt Myskow
Ed Puckett helps operate Toyah's water treatment plant on a volunteer basis. During a tour of the plant in early February, he maintained that the water is safe to drink. Credit: Mitch Borden/Marfa Public Radio

How State Regulators Allowed a Fading West Texas Town to Go Over Four Years Without Safe Drinking Water

By Martha Pskowski
John Hornewer climbs down the ladder of his tanker as he fills it up to haul water from Apache Junction to Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, on Jan. 7, 2023. Credit: Getty Images

After Cutting Off Water to a Neighboring Community, Scottsdale Proposes a Solution

By Wyatt Myskow
Cattle stand in their pasture in rural Lamadera, New Mexico. Credit: Robert Alexander/Getty Images

Amid Drought, Wealthy Homeowners in New Mexico are Getting a Tax Break to Water Their Lawns

By Wyatt Myskow
Pump jacks at the Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site in Kern County, California. Credit: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Fracking Wastewater Causes Lasting Harm to Key Freshwater Species

By Liza Gross

Texas Regulators Won’t Stop an Oilfield Waste Dump Site Next to Wetlands, Streams and Wells

By Dylan Baddour
Workers with the Baltimore City Department of Public Works distribute jugs of water to city residents at the Landsdowne Branch of the Baltimore County Library on Sept. 6, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. The City of Baltimore issued a boil water advisory to over 1,500 residential and commercial facilities in West Baltimore after E. coli bacteria was found in drinking water. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

West Baltimore Residents, Students Have Mixed Feelings About Water Quality After E. Coli Contamination

By Darreonna Davis
Jayden Mitchell, youth volunteer with the Santa Clara Pueblo forestry department, plants conifer seedlings near a pond in the Santa Clara canyon floodplain. Credit: Sara Van Note

Restoring Watersheds, and Hope, After New Mexico’s Record-Breaking Wildfires

By Sara Van Note
Josh Shapiro gives a victory speech to supporters at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on Nov. 8, 2022 in Oaks, Pennsylvania. Shapiro defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. Credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images

Clean-Water Plea Suggests New Pennsylvania Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations by Energy Companies, Advocates Say

By Jon Hurdle
Aerial view of the Pantanal wetlands, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil on March 8, 2018. Credit: Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images

Water as Part of the Climate Solution

By Charlie Miller

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