water access

The cities of Hays and Russell near an inflection point in their quest to import badly needed water

Almost all of Colorado is experiencing drought after a record-dry winter and the impacts are already starting to show in agricultural communities.

Across the central U.S., nitrate from crop fertilizer and livestock facilities is seeping into water underground. Many family wells are no longer safe to drink from without pricey treatment.

All of these questions were asked by students at the elementary school.

Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the rush.

The agreement, confirmed by the U.S. State and Agriculture departments, comes after months of negotiation and threats from President Donald Trump to impose higher tariffs on Mexican imports unless Mexico met its water delivery obligations.

The extra $25 million for the Kansas Water Plan would come from the State General Fund.

Kansas lawmakers are back in session in Topeka. The governor wants them to address the state's ongoing water problems. But will they? Commentator Rex Buchanan has more on the state's long-running water problems - problems that many are now calling a crisis.

But local and state officials say without more help from the feds, the project to bring safe drinking water to southeastern Colorado will be halted again

The “Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit” act was supposed to help rural communities on the Eastern Plains pay for their share of the long-delayed pipeline