California's Biggest Reservoir Loses 265 Billion Gallons of Water

Lake Shasta has lost over 265 billion gallons of water in one month. After years ... In February, the California Department of Water Resources opened the spillway at Oroville Dam at Lake Oroville ... Read More

U.S. mining sites dump 50 million gallons of fouled wastewater daily

Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the United States and into surrounding lakes ... Read More

California's Pipe Dream

"If we are to survive and to grow, we must have the water that will enable us to maintain our mastery of the desert!" That mastery began in the early 1900s, after ... 50 million gallons of potable ... Read More

Major US lake hits record-breaking levels after years of historic water shortage, but issues persist: 'Supply-demand imbalance is a problem'

"The reservoirs will empty faster unless water users throughout the basin can figure out ways to use less." Major US lake hits record-breaking levels after years of historic water shortage, but issues ... Read More

Lake Worth Beach Sewage Crisis Contained, 3-5 Million Gallons Halted After Pipeline Struck by Contractor

A major sewage spill in Lake Worth Beach was contained after a contractor hit a sewer line, with cleanup efforts underway. Read More

Problems with Glen Canyon Dam could jeopardize water flowing to Western states

A new memo from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is raising concern about the infrastructure at the Glen Canyon Dam and its ability to deliver water downstream should levels at Lake Powell continue to ... Read More

Water levels fall at threatened California dam as 200K evacuated

Lake Oroville is one of California's largest manmade lakes. — -- Water levels are continuing to fall at the Oroville Dam ... The Mercury News, a local newspaper, reported that three ... Read More

‘It smells bad’: the US farmworkers grappling with unsafe water at home

The US promised to return stolen lands to Native Hawaiians a century ago. Most are still waiting “I see the difference between the green yards in east Fresno [a city in California] and the ... Read More

Streams that supply drinking water in danger following 2023 Supreme Court decision that stripped wetlands protections: Report

A Supreme Court decision that stripped protections from America's wetlands will have reverberating impacts on rivers that supply drinking water all over the U.S. Read More

News from around our 50 States

Development along the Coosa River threatens the fish’s water quality due to storm water runoff, Al.com reports. The fish was believed to be extinct in Alabama for more than 50 years until it was ... Read More

Colombia Cops Seize 7.3 Million Gallons of Crude in Raids on Illegal Refineries

Colombia Cops Seize 7.3 Million Gallons of Crude in Raids on Illegal Refineries By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian police have seized more than seven million gallons of crude oil in ... Read More

News from around our 50 States

Pete Kostelnick jogged up to a Key West marker designating the continental United States’ southernmost ... in South Carolina $5 million. The museum said in a news release that Jerry and Rosalind ... Read More