SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A long-delayed plan to build a giant reservoir in Northern California to help withstand the U.S. West’s notorious droughts got a huge financial boost on Thursday when the federal government signaled its intent to loan the project nearly $2.2 billion — about half of the cost to design, plan and build… >> Read More
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Tales of personal anguish are the typical start of serious articles about Arizona’s conspicuous confrontation with scarce water. The distraught Chino Valley homeowner buying water out of a truck because her well dried up. The Pinal farmer losing income because his water-starved fields lie fallow. The Phoenix golf course operator, burdened… >> Read More
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — More than 180,000 residents across New Jersey will be notified by Tuesday that drinking water is coming into their homes through lead pipes, state officials said this week. The properties with known lead service lines are scattered throughout hundreds of water systems throughout the state, but they tend to be in… >> Read More
Austin, Texas prides itself on being a high-tech hub, the center of the Texas “Silicon Prairie.” It’s home to Google and Facebook, which just signed the city’s largest-ever lease, and will soon be home to Apple’s mammoth campus on the city’s northern edge. Austin was where Twitter was first introduced at SXSW, which is one… >> Read More
During the meeting, county officials discussed alternatives with residents of the Rio Verde area in terms of water supplies. Residents in that community are facing a deadline set by the City of Scottsdale to shut off their water supply. FOX 10’s Stephanie Olmo reports. » Read More