Results for keyword: Groundwater
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The Bakken oil play spurs a booming business -- in water
Hydraulic fracturing's extraordinary appetite for water is creating friction between North Dakota's farmers and drillers.
by Nicholas Kusnetz, Aug 06, 2012 -
Notes from the (water) underground
Research hydrologist Gordon Grant is fascinated by the groundwater in the Pacific Northwest.
by Jane Braxton Little , Jan 16, 2009 -
Getting fresh with the West’s groundwater
A new desalination technology uses the sun and your air conditioner to create fresh water.
by Morgan Heim, Jul 19, 2007 -
Waterblogged
Rick Spilsbury, a Western Shoshone Indian, writes bitingly and sometimes hilariously about Nevada’s water issues on his "noshootfoot" blog
by Matt Jenkins, Oct 02, 2006 -
Running on empty in Sin City
Although many rural Nevadans are unhappy with Las Vegas’ plans for a giant groundwater project, the six other states that rely on water from the Colorado River are hoping the Nevada project goes ahead.
by Matt Jenkins, Sep 18, 2006 -
Have golf's glory days gone by?
Golf – the game that brought grass to the desert – appears to have hit a rough patch in the West
by Tony Davis, Aug 21, 2006 -
A world built on groundwater
In Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the Great Plains, William Ashworth examines the effects of groundwater dependency in a dry land
by Matt Jenkins, Jul 24, 2006 -
Montana court acknowledges water linkage
Montana’s Supreme Court rules that groundwater and surface water are connected, in a ruling that will affect water rights and development across the state
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, May 29, 2006 -
Squeezing Water from a Stone
With only a tiny share of the Colorado River available to it, Las Vegas decides to get the water it needs from elsewhere in the state – underneath the rural high-desert Basin and Range country
by Matt Jenkins, Sep 15, 2005 -
Idaho gets smart about water
Idaho is weathering the drought by taking a new, scientific approach to managing water use among its farmers
by Rocky Barker, Jun 13, 2005






