Researchers also developed a device to overcome salt accumulation, a common problem in desalination. Their design uses a ...

Unconventional methods for desalination could create more drinking water, help many industries to deal with problematic brines and increase lithium supplies for batteries. People have been separating ...

The vast majority—97 percent—of the earth’s water is salt water found in our oceans. Another two percent is stored in ice caps or glaciers. That leaves just one percent of all water on earth for ...

Unsafe levels of salt water may reach many New Orleans-area drinking water intakes by mid-October, forcing officials to scramble for barges that will bring in fresh water from further up the ...

Humanity is messing with the Earth’s “salt cycle,” with potentially dangerous consequences for drinking water supplies, crop production, and ecosystems. That’s according to a new study published in ...

The world's growing population, changing climate, and issues with pollution have made getting fresh, drinkable water more difficult and costly than ever. Over 4 billion people globally are affected by ...

In April 2023, after one of the last spring snowstorms in Minneapolis, Annie Hejny visited a local business and was stunned by the thick layer of road salt spread over its parking lot. Hejny, an ...

A new timeline projecting salt water's advance up the Mississippi River shows salinity could reach alarming levels in the next five weeks. The Army Corps of Engineers released its projection Friday as ...

New Orleans and other communities in Louisiana are preparing for salt water to invade their drinking water after an extended drought in the Midwest decreased the flow of fresh water to the Mississippi ...

The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to barge 36 million gallons of fresh water daily into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans as an expected saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico ...