water use and conservation

New Mexico
Environment

‘It’s so dystopian. It’s sad’: The Rio Grande River is so dry that Texas, Colorado and New Mexico are squabbling over groundwater

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
August 30, 2025
Colorado River
Environment

‘It’s getting pretty scary’: The Colorado River, 40 million Americans, 7 states and no plan for how to manage inevitable decline

By Dorany Pineda and The Associated Press
August 27, 2025
Mr Beast
Success

MrBeast leads online creators in $40 million fundraiser to build better quality water projects around the world

By James Pollard and The Associated Press
August 4, 2025
Eric Schmidt sitting pretty
AI

Ex-Google CEO says superintelligence is tech’s holy grail—but the U.S. is ill-equipped to address its ‘natural limit’

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July 18, 2025
A man fills a Heli-Hydrant
Innovation

A firefighter’s frustration with scrambling to fire hydrants for water sparked an idea: Meet the Heli-Hydrant

By Dorany Pineda, Brittany Peterson and The Associated Press
May 23, 2025
Vials containing water with forever chemicals, or PFAS
Environment

Trump’s EPA is about to roll back limits on forever chemicals in drinking water that were imposed by the Biden administration

By Michael Phillis and The Associated Press
May 14, 2025
Crews are still working to restore power to Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout left millions without electricity for the second time in months
Environment

Crews are still working to restore power to Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout left millions without electricity for the second time in months

By Danica Coto and The Associated Press
April 17, 2025
Trump signed an executive order targeting another foe: Showerheads that guzzle water
Politics

Trump signed an executive order targeting another foe: Showerheads that guzzle water

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press
April 10, 2025
Utah is poised to be the first state to ban fluoride in public water systems
Health

Utah is poised to be the first state to ban fluoride in public water systems

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March 10, 2025
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt sit next to each other smiling
Environment

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing Los Angeles after losing their home to wildfires, claiming the city neglected to fix a reservoir that was out of commission for almost a year

By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
January 24, 2025
Trump is accusing California of sending too much water to the Pacific instead of to Los Angeles as he prepares to tour fire damage
Politics

Trump is accusing California of sending too much water to the Pacific instead of to Los Angeles as he prepares to tour fire damage

By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
January 24, 2025
Server room with big data
Tech

California wildfires raise alarm on water-guzzling AI like ChatGPT

By Jane Thier and Fortune Editors
January 9, 2025
New York City declares drought watch and asks residents to conserve water—’Mother Nature is in charge’
Environment

New York City declares drought watch and asks residents to conserve water—’Mother Nature is in charge’

By Jennifer Peltz and The Associated Press
November 2, 2024
Hurricane anxiety hits the Florida housing landscape
Finance

Hurricane anxiety hits the Florida housing landscape

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October 10, 2024
The outside of the American Water headquarters in New Jersey
Tech

American’s largest water utility just got hit by a cyberattack

By Bruce Shipkowski and The Associated Press
October 8, 2024

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