We have built the system to shed much of the surplus rather than keep it. We allow a wet winter to rush away, then ration what remains through a dry summer.
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A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system’s tanks, pipes and valves.
Years of industrial expansion have boosted water demand, with no new sources coming online since 2016. Desalination and reclaiming sewage wastewater are among the current options.
Since Dolgarrog, the UK has had an excellent reservoir safety record but disasters do still occur.
A century after a dam burst in Dolgarrog, killing 16 people, the Welsh village still lives with the legacy that reshaped UK safety laws and its own identity.
The changing climate and growing population means England is facing a water crisis.
The country should focus on reusing water and demanding less of it in the first place.
Australia now has more than enough evidence that proposals to build big dams consistently underestimate both the construction costs and the harm they do.
An engineer who managed dams for years explains the tradeoffs operators make as they decide when to release water and how much to stay safe.
Extreme weather is set to dominate our future – can collecting rainwater reduce the threat posed by both drought and flooding?
Unless action is taken, the UK will be unable to supply its own water needs in the future – we should look to water-scarce regions such as California for inspiration.
New research shows how hydropower is linked to extinctions.
The Colorado River provides water and electricity to 40 million people in the western US, but falling water levels threaten both of those resources.
South Africa’s dams are overflowing but the country is still facing water supply challenges.
A long-expected federal drought declaration underlines how serious the Colorado River water shortage has become for Western states.
Earth’s floating solar power capacity has grown one-hundredfold in the last five years.
New research forecasts that climate change will make multiyear stretches with low snow levels more common across western North America – bad news for water managers, farmers, foresters and skiers.
The damage to the dam holding back a reservoir just a mile from the nearest town downriver should focus minds on ensuring civil infrastructure is maintained.
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Departmental Lecturer and Course Director MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management, University of Oxford
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Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science, University of Reading
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Professor of Tropical Conservation Ecology, University of East Anglia
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Associate Lecturer of Energy and Environment, Lancaster University
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Assistant Lecturer of Civil, Environmental and Water Engineering, Atlantic Technological University
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PhD Candidate in Water Resources Engineering, University of Iowa
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Iowa Flood Center, University of Iowa
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Professor of Water and Planning, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor and Water Management Expert, University of South Africa
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Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brunel University of London
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Research Associate, University of Sheffield
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Assistant Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
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