The Georgia Environmental Protection Division on Monday issued final water withdrawal permits to Bulloch and Bryan counties to withdraw a total of 6.65 million gallons of water a day from four wells in the Floridan aquifer in Bulloch County.
A new study by the University of Georgia finds consumers may see fewer vegetables from California and more from the Peach State. GPB’s Chase McGee explains.
In the American West, white glaciers and snow fields are outnumbered by long-overlooked “rock glaciers.” The rock covering these vast hunks of ice makes them far less affected by warming temperatures.
For Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, access to water has been a struggle for years. But since last Oct. 7, water has become even harder for them to obtain.
The water-sharing systems between Mexico and the U.S. are facing one of the biggest tests in their 80-year history after Mexico has fallen behind on billions of gallons of water deliveries.
The water boil advisory had been announced Wednesday night for safety reasons. It had posed a challenge as the nation's capital prepares to stage its annual Fourth of July celebrations.
The boil water advisory has been lifted for the entire city nearly a week after two water mains broke and plunged the city into an unprecedented water crisis.
Repairs continued Tuesday afternoon as Atlanta Watershed clarified its boil water advisory map for residents and listed new outages in affected neighborhoods.
Since Friday, some residents have gone without water and businesses and government offices have temporarily closed. For a broader view of this infrastructure failure, we turn to Dr. Iris Tien with Georgia Tech.
After a series of water mains breaks that began Friday in Atlanta, a large portion of residents remain without drinkable water. GPB’s Amanda Andrews reports business owners are demanding financial relief.
For at least some residents, Atlanta's water problems aren't over. Resident Milena Franco says flow was cut off to her apartment before dawn Monday, leaving her a dry shower. City officials say water was shut down in the immediate neighborhood as part of a successful effort to stanch the flow from a broken water main.