This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. EL PASO — The wind swept through El Paso one day in March, lifting a fine layer of dust that settled onto ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pushing seawater through a membrane to separate salt and freshwater seems like a fairly simple way to expand the supply of potable ...

Carlsbad is completing a sand shuffle this April where sand that has accumulated inside the entrance of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon is dredged up and pumped back onto local beaches north and south of ...

Imagine a bustling coastal city where the lights never dim, the air hums with activity, and clean water flows freely to millions of homes. Now, picture this city powered not by fossil fuels or even ...

(This story was updated to add new information and because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) Correction: A previous version of this story misstated whether funding was authorized to continue ...

The road toward making desalination an effective — sizable and sustainable — part of meeting Texas’ growing demand for water has been winding and bumpy. And so far, it hasn’t led us where we need to ...

Corpus Christi's Inner Harbor desalination plant's cost estimate has risen by nearly 60% to $1.2 billion. The city council will discuss the updated cost estimates, and further refinement of the ...

Chris Stiedemann of Poseidon Water looks over the giant filters that remove microscopic impurities from the seawater. Photo by Chris Jennewein Elon Musk: lend me your ear. Now that you’ve tackled free ...

This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. Read more stories about the threats facing Texas’ water supply here. EL PASO — The wind swept through El Paso one ...