As anger mounts, feds tell border wall contractors to stop drilling for water in New Mexico

Ranchers along the U.S.-Mexico border are outraged that the federal government is drilling unpermitted wells to pump water from the region's drought-stricken aquifers.

Boone enters Stage 2 water restrictions amid severe drought

The new rules are some of the strictest water restrictions in the region due to the ongoing drought.

AI Data Centers’ Water Consumption Breaks 264 Billion Gallons in 2025 as Devastating Drought Hits Nearly 63% of U.S.

Americans across multiple states are being urged to conserve water as drought conditions intensify, reservoirs shrink, and utilities issue increasingly urgent warnings.

Fifa backtracks on plastic water bottles ban at World Cup after fury from fans

Fifa has again amended its water bottle policy for the World Cup, allowing fans to bring in one sealed, disposable 20-ounce (590ml) bottle into stadiums

Thames Water should be nationalised, says Andy Burnham

Exclusive: Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate advocates public ownership of water companies as he prepares for potential leadership bid

South West Water fined £1.85m over parasite outbreak in Devon

Utility company pleaded guilty to criminal offence of supplying water unfit for humans

‘They’re a private company, run for profit!’: fury in Kent at South East Water’s outages

Water company blames increased demand amid extreme heat, but customers want answers about lack of storage reservoirs

People in Kent and Sussex asked to use water only for essentials after outages

South East Water says demand has jumped owing to extreme heat but stops short of compulsory measures

Why Trump administration’s plan to attempt to destroy Pfas is ‘nonsenscial’

The EPA said it was cutting Biden-era regulations on Pfas in drinking water, but advocates say the move will harm public health and benefit industry

Hundreds of homes in Kent and Sussex left without water after supply outages

Charing, Challock and Molash worst affected, as South East Water says shortages due to hot weather and extra demand

Record number of dams dismantled in Europe in effort to help wildlife thrive

Weirs, culverts and sluices among 602 barriers demolished in year in attempt to restore 15,500 miles of rivers by 2030

England must harvest rainfall and take action on water usage, Lords warn

Without urgent intervention England faces water shortages of 5bn litres a day by 2055, peers tell government

U.S. Forest Service warns that some campgrounds may limited or no water this summer due to drought

As camping season kicks off, U.S. Forest Service officials are warning that some campgrounds may not have water in their wells or be low on water as Colorado faces widespread drought conditions. White River National...

High levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found off coast of southern England

Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage

Lauren Boebert suggests Trump withheld funds to Colorado over prosecution of election denier

Republican said she hoped recent commutation of Tina Peters by governor would free up federal funding for clean drinking water

River Thames in London gets first official bathing spot on Friday

Thames at Ham designated as one of 13 new swimming areas across England to be monitored for water quality

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area

Lasers in the sky: hi-tech missions track record snowpack loss in US west

Data from missions showing critically low snowpack on mountains across the west raises alarm among experts

Report: Texas data centers may increase pressure on the state’s strained water supplies

A new UT Austin report estimates data centers could account for up to 9% of Texas water use by 2040.

South East Water CEO to step down after Kent and Sussex supply outages

David Hinton will remain in post while successor is found, utility says, a week after group’s chairman quit

Water flows to parched NSW wetlands could be turned back on within weeks as drought fears loom

Water minister Rose Jackson calls drying in Gwydir region ‘devastating’ as bill passes upper house

Up to 2cm a month: Nasa keeps track as Mexico City sinks into the ground

Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to it

Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean

Wastewater from nearly 40,000 people and businesses pumped straight into sea as island still has no treatment plant

Horrified Wagga residents call for proper sanitation at homeless camp where baby was found dead

Tent where twins were born up to a 15-minute walk away from nearest public toilets or running water

‘It’s like a big camping trip’: Mountain View residents near a week without safe drinking water

About 67 houses remain without clean water, six days after a water main was contaminated with slurry mix during construction.

Urban areas host 80% of England’s homes at high risk of flooding, study finds

Exclusive: 839,000 homes in urban areas face threat of surface-water flooding, with social housing tenants most vulnerable to costs

Deadly Israeli attacks worsen Gaza’s water shortage crisis

Engineer and two drivers killed in recent weeks as scarcity of clean water fuels spread of preventable diseases

Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review finds

Battling for survival along the warming source of the Blue Nile - InfoNile

The Amhara Regional State Bureau of Agriculture has deployed Agriculture extension experts throughout the region to train farmers how to grow crops in the winter

South East Water chief executive to forgo his bonus over ‘unacceptable outages’

David Hinton will receive only his £400,000 salary this year after thousands of customers were left without water

'We can do better': Western states divided over long-term plans for Colorado River water

Two groups of states in the Colorado River Basin propose competing long-term plans for addressing chronic water shortages and adapting to climate change.

Port of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee (ca. 1900)