Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration Less than one percent of the Earth’s water is available for human use. This ...

More Colorado River water is used to grow a single crop than for drinking water, business needs and industrial uses combined across the seven-state river basin that’s home to more than 40 million ...

It’s a slippery fish — that final food safety rule for water used on crops before they’re harvested. The goal of the rule is threefold: to prevent people getting sick from foodborne pathogens, to ...

After more than a decade of discussion, the Food and Drug Administration has published a final rule for certain agricultural water used in the production of produce. The new rule was mandated by the ...

Converting forest land to urban development or agricultural use can present risks to water quality when done near streams or river sources. This study examined data from 15 water treatment plants in ...

Agriculture is heavily reliant on water resources, which are increasingly threatened by global challenges such as population growth and climate change.

After two decades of near-constant drought, Colorado’s water supply is stressed. And there’s not much relief in sight. Colorado’s cities, industries and farms could face more severe water shortages by ...