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After killing planned desalination plant, Corpus Christi tries to drill its way out of a water crisis

January 12, 2026

By Alejandra Martinez – The Texas Tribune January 12, 2026 NUECES COUNTY — Texas’ eighth-largest city has seen the water crisis coming for years, and now it’s here: Its two main reservoirs are at historic lows amid a persistent drought and city leaders have told residents they’re less than a year away from major water… >> Read More

Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley Conduit in Colorado

December 30, 2025

By Marilyn Moore, Kyle Clark – 9news.com December 30, 2025 DENVER — President Donald Trump is using his first veto of his current term to kill funding for a major drinking water project in Colorado.  The Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC) Act passed unanimously in the House and Senate.  Monday’s veto comes after Trump… >> Read More

After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up

December 18, 2025

By Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360 December 18, 2025 More than international sanctions, more than its stifling theocracy, more than recent bombardment by Israel and the U.S. — Iran’s greatest current existential crisis is what hydrologists are calling its rapidly approaching “water bankruptcy.”  It is a crisis that has a sad origin, they say: the… >> Read More

Brown grass cost a famed golf course a big tournament and highlighted Hawaii water problems

November 29, 2025

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, APnews.com November 29, 2025 HONOLULU (AP) — High up on the slopes of the west Maui mountains, the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort provides golfers with expansive ocean views. The course is so renowned that The Sentry, a $20 million signature event for the PGA Tour, had been held there nearly every… >> Read More

Joliet’s Highest Paid Employees Over $200,000: Water Department Foreman Drew $63,000 In Overtime Pay

November 17, 2025

By John Ferak, Patch Staff, Patch.com November 17, 2025 JOLIET, IL — One of Joliet’s highest paid employees continues to be Terry Juricic, a maintenance foreman in the water department of the city’s public utilities division, a Joliet Patch public salary analysis shows. Last year, Juricic made $202,484 and his overtime compensation for 2024 was more than… >> Read More

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