New Orleans and other communities in Louisiana are preparing for salt water to invade their drinking water after an extended drought in the Midwest decreased the flow of fresh water to the Mississippi ...

The restriction applies to "nonessential outdoor water use" like watering your yard, washing your car in your driveway and ...

The funding tap is about to be turned on for projects to treat and reuse New Mexico’s salty brackish water — but challenges for the concept remain. Funding opportunities, including grants and ...

A LONG-ANTICIPATED DESALINATION PLANT that will convert the mixture of salt and fresh water known as brackish water from the San Joaquin River mouth into drinking water for the city of Antioch ...

Editor’s note: As of Oct. 12, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the saltwater wedge has regressed downriver by nearly six miles. Two communities, Gretna and Algiers, are no longer expected to ...

This is a map of 94 wells across New Mexico that the state can use to characterize brackish water aquifers, according to state researchers. Advocates, experts and even industry leaders interested in ...

The numbers are so vast, so enticing that they tantalize like a desert oasis. Deep below the surface in Arizona – roughly a quarter mile underground – sit large volumes of water that are less salty ...

It’s been about 50 years since researchers first discovered fresh water deep below the ocean floor. But the undersea aquifer off Cape Cod hasn’t been studied until now.