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Rural homes play by different rules. Here's what it really takes, in solar and battery terms, to keep your home's water flowing.

While bottled water seems like a healthier alternative, one office space fixture is actually holding lots of teeny, tiny ...

A major public health crisis is unfolding in the city of Indore in India after sewage-contaminated drinking water killed at least 10 people—including a baby boy—and hospitalized hundreds more. Indore, ...

A water district drawing down water from its own reservoir should not be controversial. It should be expected. That is, quite literally, what reservoirs are built for: to store water in wet times and ...

The Rhine is the second-longest river in Western Europe, discharging about 100,000 cubic feet of water a second into the North Sea. It snakes through the Swiss Alps and makes up large sections of ...

The training and use of artificial-intelligence systems such as ChatGPT might already result in more annual carbon emissions than New York City and more water consumption than all the bottled water ...

A new study estimates the environmental impact of AI in 2025 and calls for more transparency from companies on their pollution and water consumption. A new study estimates the environmental impact of ...

Chemicals foul wells used for drinking water and fuel harmful algae that can make people sick, a Times investigation shows. Chemicals foul wells used for drinking water and fuel harmful algae that can ...

CLAREMORE, Okla. — A Claremore nonprofit serving people at the worst point in their lives is now asking for the community's help. A sewage backup at Safenet Services is forcing a pause on emergency ...

Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think. When I called him to talk more about AI and water, Masley emphasized that he’s ...

Yes, every question you ask AI uses up water—and many are worried. A recent University of Chicago survey revealed that 4 in 10 U.S. adults are “extremely” worried about artificial intelligence’s ...