Access to clean water is something that most us probably take for granted — after all, it just comes out of taps and faucets and hoses and shower heads with little more than the twist of a spigot.

Last fall, before the epic, near-biblical rains of early 2023 pushed California's historic drought off our collective radar, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced a pilot ...

The average person has become depressingly comfortable with the surveillance dystopia we live in. For better or for worse, they’ve come to accept the fact that data about their lives is constantly ...

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Did you take a shower this morning? That’s 30 gallons of water down the drain. Flush the toilet a couple of times? That’s another four or five gallons. Run the dishwasher, too? Add another six gallons ...

The San Diego Water Department retrofitted water meters after all. After weeks of questioning San Diego’s water department about water-meter retrofits and being told no retrofits are taking place at ...

The whole point of indoor plumbing is that it should be easy, clean and convenient–not a hassle. So it's understandable to feel a bit annoyed when poor flow prevents you from taking a nice, warm ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Robert Kiel and his wife moved into their Maywood Street home about a year and a half ago. "The kids had all moved out, and it was time to downsize. They were ready for a ...

An ex-Guam Waterworks Authority employee has been accused of using water in his home for years without payment.

A former Guam Waterworks Authority employee is accused of reconnecting his home water service, which had been turned off due ...