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Waukesha: A spa town that took its water for granted

My hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin, is surrounded by water. There are creeks and rivers. The fourth biggest lake in the world, Lake Michigan, lies 17 miles to the east. Every year the city gets an...

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Protecting the waters of Lake Michigan

I grew up near Lake Michigan, one of the biggest lakes on the planet. My hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin, about 15 miles west of Milwaukee, is making a bid to tap the lake for its permanent drinking...

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Waukesha fights for a share of Lake Michigan's water

My hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin, used to be famous for its refreshing, clear spring water. In the late 19th century, people flocked to Waukesha to drink water at mineral springs and hang out at...

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Counting gallons: How much water do you use?

Try to imagine a ticker, or counter, that tallies all your water use: every cup of coffee, every shower, every flush. That’s what I did for this story. I went out and checked my water meter (OK, first...

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Miami condo-buyers aren't homeowners. They're traders.

Miami’s building boom has featured prominently in many stories about the threat the city faces from rising seas and a changing climate. Scientists warn that parts of greater Miami — including some of...

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Rising seas threaten South Florida's drinking water

Greater Miami is a place where the idea of not having enough water seems completely bananas. South Florida receives about 60 inches of rainfall a year, and groundwater is more than plentiful. Keeping...

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Brazil is facing its worst drought in a century

If you wash your hands today in Sao Paulo, Brazil, you might be encouraged to do it with hand sanitizer instead of water. That's because Sao Paulo is in the middle of its worst drought in a century....

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The market doesn't charge for Florida's climate risk

Twenty-year government bonds and thirty-year mortgages are bumping into the horizons for serious damage to South Florida from rising seas. So far, those enormous risks haven’t sent home prices...

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Calculate how much water you use

The average American family of five uses 500 gallons a day, but that depends on many factors. Curious about your own water footprint? Check out GRACE Communications Foundation’s Water Footprint...

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Central Valley farms come at a cost for dry California

In California, as in many states, the biggest water users are farmers. Almost 80 percent of the water used by Californians (not including, for example, water released to keep rivers at flows liveable...

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In the fight for water, it's North versus South

You’ve heard that quote, “Whiskey’s for drinkin’, water’s for fightin”? That’s been true in California for well over a century and the current drought has only intensified conflict over who should get...

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Why water should cost a lot more

In today’s markets, the price for water does not follow typical supply and demand considerations and does not reflect water scarcity. In many high-growth regions of the world, the price of water is...

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Under D.C., a new tunnel almost no one will see

Reporter's Notebook: My water tunnel tour starts at 7 a.m. Come early, the media relations person for the utility DC Water tells me, it's a 35-minute train ride to the tunnel face. The tunnel boring...

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Baltimore sewers: time bombs buried under the streets

First, a warning: this story is a little icky.  I’m in Gwynn's Run, a stream in Baltimore, with David Flores of the nonprofit Blue Water Baltimore. He’s giving me what he calls his sewer tour.  City...

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Water and writers: Paolo Bacigalupi

We've been talking a lot about water this month in our series, Water: The High Price of Cheap. We take it for granted, and that gets us in trouble. As part of our series, we asked a couple of...

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How to turn sewage into a product people want

Can you run a stodgy water utility like a business? Turn sewer water into money? This is the premise behind what’s called the “digester” process at DC Water’s Blue Plains wastewater plant.  “That’s...

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Writers on Water: Tiphanie Yanique

We’re at the end of our month-long series about Water: The High Price of Cheap. How we take water for granted, don’t want to pay for it, and as a result, can find ourselves without it. Which is, you...

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One way to ration water: raise the price

California is in the fourth year of one of the worst droughts in the state's history. California Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered cities to cut water use by 25 percent, but how do you achieve that? One...

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In the Great Lakes State, Flint pays a high price for water

  The plight of the bankrupt city of Flint, Michigan has long stood as the poster child for post-industrial job loss and blight in the U.S. On top of all Flint’s struggles, providing clean drinking...

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