By Chris Wickham LONDON (Reuters) - The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-e...

by guest bloggers from the EPA's WaterSense program This summer's heat wave is expected to result in a serious spike in the amount of water being us...

If there were no adverse consequences of this kind of water mining, and if all that mattered was money, then perhaps using up this stock of water and turning it into a private good would make sense -- at least to the project owners.

The Colorado River basin still faces a seriously difficult future as long as population continues to grow, and as climatic changes become more evident, altering streamflow volumes, timing, and quality.

There is strong evidence that the United States may have already passed the points of peak water, including peak renewable, nonrenewable, and ecological water, in many watersheds, especially (but not exclusively) in the more arid West.

Hoping to capitalize on the success of its carbon-reporting program, a leading nonprofit is asking major corporations to disclose water consumption....

PORTLAND, Maine — The grim economy is hitting some consumers in the wallet in yet another way: their water bills. Many water utilities are rais...

Firefighting aircraft have dropped about 1.7 million gallons of water and nearly 700,000 gallons of fire-retardant chemicals in an effort to put out t...

AMSTERDAM — The U.S.' chief environmental official said Tuesday that America can learn much from the way the Dutch manage water _ focusing more ...

Like with the freshly boiled water from Wednesday, it seems a waste of power to just power it down the drain when we're done. With pasta or potatoes,...

Solar Connects You to the Seasons Earlier this week I shared my experiences of installing solar water heating, and included a quote from Transition To...

We Americans love our lawns, no question. But maybe all that love is clouding our judgment.

Fire commanders say they are often pressured to order planes and helicopters into action on major fires even when the aircraft won't do any good. Such...