The defining signature of the past 6,000 years of human civilization is the domestication of the hydrosphere—capturing, ...

Water isn’t just a resource — it’s a battleground where the sacred meets the stolen. Water isn’t just a resource — it’s a battleground where the sacred meets the stolen. As the Great Salt Lake loses ...

While the great holiday season water outage of 2022-23 may seem like an extraordinary event in Asheville’s history, the city has a deep and troubling history of water woes. In fact, the origin dates ...

WATER MAN: Michael Holcombe has written the first comprehensive history of the City of Asheville's water system, from the early 1800s through Tropical Storm Helene. Photo of Holcombe courtesy of ...

In October, the latest battle in a century-long skirmish between the Catskills and New York City over water ended up a win for the upstaters. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection ...

Sewage flows into the Southeast Sewage Disposal Plant for the first time in 1955 (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Water Department, Joseph J. Conley/Inquirer photographer) At the center of the water ...

It’s taken 10 years for the states to reach an agreement, but it may not be the end of the water conflict. For nearly a decade, Texas has battled New Mexico over its share of the waters of the Rio ...