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Water/Drought

California Will Soon Have More Than 300 Data Centers. Where Will They Get Their Water?

A proposed data center in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst of 24 more facilities expected to open in the state will be challenging, experts and officials say.

By Steven Rodas

Margie Padilla is worried that a proposed data center near her home in Imperial, Calif., will increase power and water costs for her family. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News
Elida Castillo, mayor of Taft, Texas, speaks at a city park on March 31. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Disaster Declarations Ripple Through South Texas Amid Water Crisis

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija of KUT and The Texas Newsroom, and Emily Salazar of KEDT

One of Corpus Christi’s emergency water wells discharges into the Nueces River on March 31. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija of KUT, and Emily Salazar of KEDT

Earlier this month, the EPA proposed for the first time to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

At Water Week 2026, Local Leaders See a Glimmer of Hope

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Community members participate in a blessing ceremony of the Atrisco Acequia Madre in Albuquerque, N.M. Credit: Tina Deines/Inside Climate News

New Mexico’s Time-Honored Irrigation Canals Face Existential Threat

By Tina Deines

A Weisinger drilling crew makes a pilot hole at the City of Corpus Christi’s eastern wellfield, one of several emergency water projects in the region, on March 31. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions in September for Large Industrial Users and 500,000 Customers

By Dylan Baddour

An aerial view of Elephant Butte Reservoir along the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, N.M., in August 2022. Credit: Mitch Tobin/The Water Desk

Facing Drought and Low Snowpack, Rio Grande States Expect a ‘Challenging’ Year

By Martha Pskowski

An aerial view of urban sprawl nestled next to protected wetlands on the fringes of Everglades National Park in Miami Dade County, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Pollution Persists in the Florida Everglades Despite 40-Year Restoration Effort, Report Says

By Amy Green

In Austin, Texas, the Elemental Critical Data Center facility. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage 

By Arcelia Martin

A photo shows trees lit golden by a mixture of light and fog.

Behind the Scenes: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Forests

By Kiley Price

Water levels in Bruce Mumme’s well dropped below his pump last year, leaving him without access to water for three days while he found a technician to lower his pump, which cost thousands of dollars. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers

By Dylan Baddour

Crews work in the forest at the site of the Spring Pine Fire near Bastrop State Park on Monday in Bastrop, Texas. Credit: Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer

By Jake Bolster

People step into the pink water near the Great Salt Lake’s Stansbury Island in Utah on Sept. 9, 2024. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Lessons From Salt Lakes for Making a Home in a Changing World

By Wyatt Myskow

Sunlight glimmers on the Colorado River near Page, Ariz. on Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Colorado River Negotiations Resume With Focus on Stopgap Measures

Scott Franz, KUNC

Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni speaks during a City Council meeting on Tuesday. Source: City of Corpus Christi livestream

Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi’s largest remaining reservoir, Lake Texana, is currently 55 percent full and projected to hit 30 percent this summer. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Water Shortage May Hit Corpus Christi Within Weeks

By Dylan Baddour

People spend time on Crissy Field Beach during warm weather in San Francisco on March 11. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

Early morning sunlight hits canyon walls on Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10, 2025 in Page, Arizona. Lake Powell, a critical Colorado River reservoir, is only at a third of its capacity as drought conditions in the Southwest worsen. Credit: Rebecca Noble via Getty Images

States Blast Federal Playbook of Potential Colorado River Options 

Scott Franz, KUNC

James Dodson is looking at the camera with a serious expression. On the table in front of him are maps and documents. Behind him are windows, the shades open, trees beyond them.

After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe

By Dylan Baddour

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