By Kailey Hunt, Texas Public Radio February 25, 2024 Georgetown, the fastest growing city in the U.S. and home to more than 86,000 people, must find a new water source by 2030 in order to avoid supply shortages, according to a city report. It’s something Jonathan Moore thinks about a lot. Since moving to Georgetown in 2021, Moore… >> Read More
By Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones, Super Car Blondie February 19, 2024 This literal ball pool might look like fun, but it actually has a very serious reason behind it: preventing drought. A pilot project at the E.M. Johnson Water Treatment Plant, it was a move enforced by the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, in the US,… >> Read More
By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather February 15, 2024 Incredible video emerged this week showing severe erosion of homes in Jupiter Inlet Colony in Jupiter, Florida, north of Palm Beach. About 70% of the county’s 47 miles of coastline is considered “critically eroded,” according to Palm Beach Country’s Department of Environmental Resources Management. Properties threatened include homes belonging… >> Read More
By Jon Miltimore, AIER February 14, 2024 There’s a famous scene in Seinfeld in which George passes on a TV pilot deal with NBC, only to later accept for less money than originally offered. “In other words, you held out for less money,” Jerry says after George tells him the deal. “You know the basic idea of negotiation, as I understand it,… >> Read More
By Wired.com February 12, 2024 THE RESIDENTS OF the 40 floors of San Francisco apartments above our heads may live in luxury, but really, they’re just like the rest of us: showering, washing their hands, doing laundry. Normally in the US, all their water would flush out to a treatment facility, and eventually out to a body of water; 34… >> Read More