Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast Thursday night as a devastating Category 4 storm. It was the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region and left ...

Growing concern about water usage by U.S. electric power generation is being prompted by a number of factors, including projected increases in power demand due to population growth, competing uses for ...

The electric power industry is a large water user and is dependent upon reliable water supplies. Adopting new water-conserving technologies for power production can help alleviate the impact of future ...

Columbus Water & Power customers will likely see higher bills in the new year. The city utility provider wants to raise water rates by 18%, sewer by 8% and stormwater by 2%. Jon Lee, deputy director ...

Power has been restored at Independence’s Courtney Bend Water Treatment Plant, but officials say water pressure will take ...

Across the Western United States, signs of a parched present—and future—are everywhere. From wildfires burning across the Pacific Northwest to California’s shrinking reservoirs, it appears as if the ...

Ever wonder how much juice it takes to move water? Explore the Water and Power series and hear Dan’s story on KQED’s The California Report. When you open that faucet, it’s more than water that’s ...

Image art by Kevin Clark via ChatGPT-5. Decreasing freshwater availability is forcing some industrial plant owners and designers to select alternative sources for the plant supply. An increasingly ...

A new way to get electricity out of water could prove to be worth its salt. Mixing salt water and fresh water in a container with carbon electrodes can produce clean, renewable energy, reports Doriano ...