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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.

High Cost of Water Hits Home

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Rising rates hurt the state’s poorest residents.

After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

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Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost.

War in Ukraine, Drought Converge to Worsen Hunger Crises in Horn of Africa

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Record-high global food prices coincide with failed harvests