water conservation

While a new state law partly limits data center groundwater use, in reality, data centers avoid water permits entirely by buying water from utilities. Residents are demanding answers in communities like Luther and Yukon.

The state’s resilient, adaptable farmers can raise just about anything and use less water doing it. But will enough people buy what they produce?

That new amount is more than double the amount predicted four years ago. The new forecast comes as supply is already drying up.

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

Lawmakers advanced a bill that would reshape how Oklahoma tracks the water it pulls out of the ground. After a change during the legislative process, the measure would also add requirements for data centers seeking to use Oklahoma groundwater.

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

By the time it reaches Holly, nearly to Kansas, the river is left with salts and pollutants picked up along the way

While most proposed amendments on this year's ballot focused on taxes, voters also showed strong support for investing in Texas' network of technical colleges and dementia and Alzheimer's research.

If passed, the proposition would dedicate $1 billion a year to water projects.

Local leaders see data centers, which help power the world's shift to artificial intelligence, as a way to keep their towns open. Residents worry their way of life — and water — is at stake.