Topic - Water, page 4

After two decades of drought, Lake Mead, which is impounded by Hoover Dam, is just 40 percent full. A “bathtub ring” visible along the edges of the lake show how far its water levels have dropped.

Crisis on the Colorado: Part II

On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Crisis on the Colorado: Part I

The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits: Will the Colorado Run Dry?

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Partially submerged houses in Kerala, India last August.

Water

In India, Nature’s Power Overwhelms Engineered Wetlands

By Fred Pearce

Landslides at the construction site of the Ituango Dam in Colombia forced the evacuation of at least 25,000 people in April.

Analysis

After a Long Boom, an Uncertain Future for Big Dam Projects

By Jacques Leslie

A young boy herds his goats in the Ghat District of Libya, which has been converted largely to desert in the last 100 years.

Redrawing the Map: How the World’s Climate Zones Are Shifting

By Nicola Jones

A forest fire blazes alongside a river in Washington state in 2014.

How Wildfires Are Polluting Rivers and Threatening Water Supplies

By Ed Struzik

Iowa State Senator David Johnson has led the fight to reduce agricultural pollution of the state's waters.

In the Heart of the Corn Belt, an Uphill Battle for Clean Water

By Mark Schapiro

The free-flowing Baker River in Chile's Patagonia region. Permits for a major hydroelectric project on the waterway were revoked in 2014 amid protests.

Should Rivers Have Rights? A Growing Movement Says It’s About Time

By Jens Benöhr and Patrick J. Lynch

Moisture produced by the world's forests generates rainfall thousands of miles away.

Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles

By Fred Pearce

By 2023, Orange County, California's wastewater treatment system will generate 130 million gallons of drinking water a day.

Where Water is Scarce, Communities Turn to Reusing Wastewater

By Jacques Leslie

A rain garden manages stormwater runoff in Philadelphia's Germantown section.

With a Green Makeover, Philadelphia Is Tackling Its Stormwater Problem

By Bruce Stutz

After Cape Town restricted water use in February to 13 gallons per day per person, city residents now wait in increasingly long lines to collect water from the city's natural springs.

Awaiting Day Zero: Cape Town Faces an Uncertain Water Future

By Adam Welz

A woman and her son cross the Mithi River in Mumbai.

Dying Waters: India Struggles to Clean Up Its Polluted Urban Rivers

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

Sea level rise has worsened high tide flooding in Venice, submerging wide areas of the city such as the iconic Piazza San Marco, seen here in 2008.

Rising Waters: Can a Massive Barrier Save Venice from Drowning?

By Jeff Goodell

People in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri gather along the seasonal Ngadda River, which feeds into Lake Chad.

How Big Water Projects Helped Trigger Africa’s Migrant Crisis

By Fred Pearce

Interview

Could Evaporation Be a Significant Source of Renewable Energy?

By Diane Toomey

E360 Video Contest Winners

On Our Lands: Indigenous Bolivians Take Control Of Their Forests

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under construction in 2015. The 6,000-megawatt dam, now nearing completion, will be Africa's largest.

Water

The Vanishing Nile: A Great River Faces a Multitude of Threats

By Richard Conniff

Oasis at Risk: Oman’s Ancient Water Channels Are Drying Up

Since pre-Islamic times, Oman’s water systems known as aflaj have brought water from the mountains and made the desert bloom. But now, unregulated pumping of groundwater is depleting aquifers and causing the long-reliable channels to run dry.

By Fred Pearce

Water in the Bank: One Solution For Drought-Stricken California

A potential answer to California’s severe water shortages is groundwater banking, which involves creating incentives for municipalities, farmers, and other water users to percolate water down into sub-surface aquifers for later use.

By Erica Gies

In Kenya’s Mountain Forests, A New Path to Conservation

Kenya’s high-elevation forests are the source for most of the water on which the drought-plagued nation depends. Now, after decades of government-abetted abuse of these regions, a new conservation strategy of working with local communities is showing signs of success.

By Fred Pearce