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HotSpots H2O: “Day Zero” Looms for South African Province

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Government dysfunction has multiplied drought risks.

Drought’s Spillover Effect in the American West

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In a region latticed with pipelines and canals, the consequences of dry conditions in one basin are exported to neighboring watersheds.

What Does Water Want? A Conversation with Author Erica Gies

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Problems and opportunities spring from the mismatch between the natural world and the built environment.

What Happens If Glen Canyon Dam’s Power Shuts Off?

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Lake Powell is drying behind one of the Southwest’s largest hydropower plants.

HotSpots H2O: As Water Systems Fail in Pakistan, Heat Wave Begets A Health Crisis

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Climate change and mismanagement sowed the seeds of a cholera outbreak.

Power through the Adirondack Park

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$4 billion transmission line to deliver Canadian hydropower to New York illustrates tradeoffs in the energy transition.

Five Fixes for Michigan’s Drinking Water Woes

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The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape.

Michigan’s ‘Very Big Opportunity’ in Infrastructure Windfall

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More communities gain access to the largest federal infusion in a half-century.