Flipboard May 12, 2026 Built centuries ago, the Karez tunnels once sustained Bidar through dry summers. Their revival shows how historic engineering can help address modern water shortages. >> Watch Video
By RACHEL BECKER/CalMatters – APnews.com May 1, 2026 In what Gov. Gavin Newsom hailed as a major milestone, his $20 billion Delta tunnel largely cleared another chokepoint last week — but it still faces obstacles of a different magnitude. For more than half a century, California’s leaders have debated rerouting water around, rather than through, the… >> Read More
By Megan Kimble, San Antonio Express-News April 29, 2026 Months after Gov. Greg Abbott blasted local leaders for backing out of a plan to build a desalination plant on the Corpus Christi ship channel, the state declined to help finance another, larger desalination facility that could similarly ease the region’s growing water crisis. Early this year,… >> Read More
By iHeart Radio April 29, 2026 Two guests who stayed at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. The cases, reported on Tuesday (April 28), are linked to separate stays—one in September 2025 and the other in February 2026. Both individuals have since… >> Read More
By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune April 28, 2026 The Corpus Christi City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to delay a vote on how much residents, local businesses and refineries would have to cut water if a supply crisis is triggered. Nick Winkelmann, chief operating officer of the city’s water department, presented a plan to require… >> Read More