(Natural News) The following article covers the rapidly growing water crisis in the Western US. It covers how overpopulation, overconsumption, the megadrought and terrible urban planning are contributing to this catastrophe. Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink… (Article republished from StrangeSounds.org) The Colorado River Basin and Great Salt Lake are in trouble—both […]

(Natural News) Brandi McKuin of the University of California, Santa Cruz claims that covering California’s canals with solar panels can save the drought-prone state around 65 billion gallons of water every year. She explained that canopies of solar panels would provide shade to the canal water during the summer months. This, in turn, would save enough water to irrigate […]

(Natural News) In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers warn that wells in the United States and more than 35 other countries could dry out if groundwater levels drop by only a few feet. Researchers Scott Jasechko and Debra Perrone, both water resources engineers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, arrived at this finding after […]

(Natural News) In order to survive deadly droughts, plants rely on the protective effects of sulfate. A recently completed study explained that the mineral regulates the release of a beneficial hormone that helps a plant cope with the severe stress of drought. Sulfate is a salt derived from sulfuric acid. Naturally present in groundwater, it is absorbed by […]

(Natural News) What do you think of an electrical power plant that can also provide an inexpensive source of drinking water? Engineers have come up with a way to recover the water used to cool power plants and purify it for human consumption, an article in Science Direct stated. Nearly 40 percent of the water drawn from […]

(Natural News) Since 1970, worldwide water consumption has doubled, yet 1.3 billion people still don’t have access to clean water. The scarcity of clean water leaves hundreds of millions of people at risk of contracting deadly disease every year. Approximately 2.2 million people die annually from diseases related to contaminated drinking water and poor sanitation. […]

(Natural News) There are many places in the world suffering from water shortages. As such, scientists are constantly looking for ways to alleviate this, trying to come up with possible solutions that can be implemented in the real world today. Now a group of researchers from Penn State and the University of Texas at Dallas (UT […]