Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A canal near the proposed site of the Sites Reservoir is seen in August 2022. The Interior Department has signed off on the plan ...

A $1 billion plan to provide more water during droughts to Santa Clara County and parts of the Central Valley by expanding one of California’s largest reservoirs has received a rare and unusual boost: ...

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An expedition off the coast of Massachusetts has confirmed the existence of a freshwater reservoir beneath the seafloor. Now, scientists are starting to understand when and how it formed. When you ...

HOUSTON – You may have noticed the plume of smoke on the west side of town on Sunday, but fire officials say “there is no need for alarm.” Authorities are working to contain a grass fire in the ...

HOUSTON — The Houston Fire Department is keeping a close eye on a large fire burning near the Addicks Reservoir along I-10 and Eldridge Parkway, just south of Bear Creek Park. Fire officials say the ...

For decades Sacramento Valley farmers and water agencies throughout California have championed the need for another reservoir to bolster the state’s water supply. But deciding who should build it, as ...

Sixty years ago, these freshwater springs and forests were drowned by a 9,500-acre reservoir. Could the ecosystem finally be restored? A snorkeler explores the fish-filled depths of Tobacco Patch ...

Running dry: Nearly 3 million people in eastern Massachusetts rely on the Quabbin Reservoir — located just east of Amherst — for their drinking water. But keeping the reservoir clean and healthy falls ...

When it rains, it pours. And that's good news for California's water supply. After a relatively slow start to the winter rainy season, a series of atmospheric river storms has sent hundreds of ...

After weeks of relentless winter storms, all of California’s key reservoirs are swelling past their historical levels for this time of year. California’s largest reservoir, Shasta Lake, is at 123% of ...