by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
A town in Kansas with 650 residents, writes Brett Walton (@waltonwater), needs $2.4 million to remove dangerous levels of nitrate in its water. In Circle of Blue, Brett reports that Pretty Prairie isn’t the only farm town with this problem. Agricultural areas...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 2, 2017 | ScienceWire
Small waterways have idiosyncracies, writes Andrea Watts. In an article in Science Findings, for the U.S. Forest Service, Andrea describes a collaborative study by academic and government scientists to find out how local variabilities in streams affect trout habitats....
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
It’s a basic need that’s becoming more costly, writes Brett Walton. In Circle of Blue, which reports on water and other global resources, Brett describes California’s drive to be the first state to subsidize water service for poor residents. He talks with...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Polar bears and frogs aren’t the only ones affected by climate change. Andrea Watts, in the U.S. Forest Service Science Findings, writes about how alterations in precipitation affect Pacific Northwest streams. Andrea notes that much of our water supply originates in...
