To add to the crisis, roughly 20% of the world’s fresh water being used inefficiently — flushed away or polluted. Industries ranging from agriculture to manufacturing rely on stable freshwater ...

We all take freshwater for granted, but we shouldn't. By 2025 two thirds of the global population may experience water scarcity, so there's a fresh water crisis coming. And that’s because of ...

Only 2.5% of Earth's water is freshwater. As pollution, engineering, population growth and climate change pose challenges to freshwater quality and quantity in America, the safety and amount of ...

The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to ...

Water pollution is a rising global crisis. Here’s what you need to know. The world's freshwater sources receive contaminants from a wide range of sectors, threatening human and wildlife health.

Across the world, irrigation dominates freshwater consumption, accounting for 88% of all the freshwater consumed on a global scale. In the western United States, this is no different, as irrigated ...

THE SOUTHEAST FRESHWATER EXTINCTION CRISIS. The southeast United States is a place of unparalleled aquatic biodiversity, harboring 493 fishes (62% of U.S. fish species), at least 269 mussels (91% of U ...

The U.S.’s freshwater crisis could lead Washington to look northward. Is Canada ready to quench its thirst? Peter McKenna. Contributed to The Globe and Mail. Published August 1, 2022.

Many parts of the world are facing a freshwater crisis. Severe, long-lasting drought conditions not seen for thousands of years gripped much of the U.S. in 2022. Coalinga, a small town in California, ...