Water

(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers are withdrawing unsustainable volumes of groundwater to irrigate their crops, resulting in an accelerating decline in...

EAST JORDAN -- One hundred and fifty middle school girls and boys from Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District took part in all-day career expos recently at Raven Hill Discovery Center in East Jordan. The career sessions are designed to expose...

* Cypriot beaches, lakes and rivers all rated excellent * Belgium, UK and Netherlands have most non-compliant sites BRUSSELS, May 21 (Reuters) - Struggling Cyprus should be able to lure tourist revenue with pristine bathing waters, ranked the European...

With all the talk of dam removals in the news — scheduled removal of nine dams from the Little Lehigh and Jordan Creeks, and potential removal of two from the Lehigh River near its confluence with the Delaware — getting out in the late...

By Environment Correspondent Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Water levels in U.S. aquifers, the vast underground storage areas tapped for agriculture, energy and human consumption, between 2000 and 2008 dropped at a rate that was...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Water levels in U.S. aquifers, the vast underground storage areas tapped for agriculture, energy and human consumption, between 2000 and 2008 dropped at a rate that was almost three times as great as any time during the 20th...

Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council is looking for volunteers to monitor lakes of all sizes throughout Emmet, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and Antrim counties for the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program. A free training will be offered from 10 a.m.-noon Friday,...

Second of two parts Sherlock Holmes used a magnifying glass to trace a fingerprint to its source. Andrew Barron favors miniscule rust particles, millions of gallons of water and a magnet. Researchers in the Rice University chemistry professor's...

By Ernest Scheyder WATFORD CITY, North Dakota, May 20 (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not...

By Ernest Scheyder WATFORD CITY, North Dakota, May 19 (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not...

WATFORD CITY, North Dakota (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not that they lack water, like...

The Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that molybdenum contamination in private wells has been detected in a larger area of southeastern Wisconsin than previously identified. The DNR said that molybdenum levels above standards for safe...