http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/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. No publisher Nicholas Kusnetz Western water supply Irrigation Missouri River Bakken Shale boom Watford City, North Dakota Hydraulic fracturing Water trucks Groundwater Fracking water Energy industry Drought Aquifers Oil and gas boomtowns 2012-08-06T14:46:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.1/notes-from-the-water-underground Research hydrologist Gordon Grant is fascinated by the groundwater in the Pacific Northwest. No publisher Jane Braxton Little Christopher Carlson Hydrology Climate change Gordon Grant Forest Service Groundwater Scientists Drought Water sources 2010-02-05T09:15:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17136 A new desalination technology uses the sun and your air conditioner to create fresh water. No publisher Morgan Heim Groundwater groundwater desalination distillation water solar power waste heat 2010-02-05T09:27:46Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15441 In New Mexico, Alamogordo’s plan to build a desalinization plant and tap the Tularosa Basin aquifer has area ranchers and farmers worried No publisher Hilary Watts Groundwater Water Tularosa Basin Aquifer Alamogordo groundwater desalinization Chihuahuan Desert ranchers water rights water wells Dan Abercrombie Tularosa Community Ditch Corporation 2010-02-05T09:24:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15335 Wyoming’s runaway energy boom is taking on toll on the state’s land, especially when the industry’s salty wastewater spills or leaches into the ground No publisher J.M. McCord Water Groundwater Oil And Gas Powder River Basin Wyoming oil and gas drilling energy industry wastewater Don Likwartz Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Harry LaBonde Dave Freudenthal Todd Parfitt Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality groundwater water pollu 2010-02-05T09:23:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14989 Critics say an economic development initiative could suck desert springs and rural counties dry No publisher Ryan Slattery Wilderness Wilderness Legislation Groundwater Nevada wilderness water groundwater pumping Lincoln County growth and development sprawl economic initiatives Vidler Water Co. Harry Reid John Ensign Jim Gibbons Jon Porter Shelley Berkley Kenny Guinn Las Vegas water supply project pipe 2010-02-05T09:21:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14763 Chromium 6 is moving from the California desert toward the Colorado River, and officials fear it might contaminate the drinking water supply of 20 million people No publisher Jodi Peterson Pollution Groundwater Chromium 6 Colorado River groundwater contamination pollution carcinogens toxic chemicals Erin Brockovich Needles California Pacific Gas and Electric Metropolitan Water District drinking water Environmental Protection Agency 2010-02-05T09:57:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/263/14399 West Texans are concerned about a planned water deal that would raise money for the state’s schools, but impact scarce groundwater, springs and wildlife as far away as Big Bend National Park No publisher Matt Jenkins Groundwater West Texas Big Bend National Park Texas General Land Office water sales groundwater Brewster County Texas Far West Texas Regional Water Planning Group 2010-02-05T09:55:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/255/14133 Nevada’s dirt-poor Lincoln County is rich in water, but conservationists have reservations about Vidler Water Company’s plans to market it, and the city of Las Vegas has its own needs– and plans – for that water No publisher Matt Jenkins Groundwater Water Lincoln County Nev. Las Vegas Vidler Water Company 2010-02-05T10:13:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/239/13560 In Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters, author Robert Jerome Glennon gives an absorbing account of the ways we use - and misuse - groundwater in the United States No publisher Matt Jenkins Groundwater 2010-02-05T08:40:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/238/13517 Small desert springs in the Grand Canyon area are indispensable oases for many plants and animals, but they may be endangered by development many miles away as the groundwater is depleted. No publisher Anne Minard Groundwater 2010-02-05T08:40:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/203/10535 The Metropolitan Water District's plan to tap aquifers at Cadiz, Calif., for Los Angeles could harm the fragile groundwater system that sustains the desert, including the Mojave National Preserve. No publisher Kirsten Bovee Groundwater 2010-02-05T08:35:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/133/4285 As the aquifer that lies under Scottsdale is steadily emptied to provide water for booming development, Arizonans ought to consider the fate of the pre-Columbian desert Indians, who once also thrived in the area - until their water ran out. No publisher Sunnie Empie Groundwater 2010-02-05T10:05:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/93/2887 Bottled water company Crystal Geyser and brewing giant Anheuser-Busch are among those competing for the exceptionally pure water of Olancha, Calif. No publisher Martin Forstenzer Groundwater 2010-02-05T09:12:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/75/2336 Groundwater pumping dries Milt Thompson's Diamond Valley Ranch. No publisher Jon Christensen Groundwater 2010-02-05T09:07:26Z News Article