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View ArticleWaukesha: 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...
View ArticleProtecting 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...
View ArticleWaukesha 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...
View ArticleCounting 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...
View ArticleMiami 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...
View ArticleRising 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...
View ArticleBrazil 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....
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleCalculate 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...
View ArticleCentral 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleUnder 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...
View ArticleBaltimore 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...
View ArticleWater 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleWriters 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...
View ArticleOne 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...
View ArticleIn 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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