Water

In Western states, the older a water claim, the more secure it is during a drought. Tribes have long been excluded from that system and now, they're pushing for change.

Rosalinda Guillen sits at the kitchen table in her childhood home, and wrinkles her nose. “Hey, this water stinks,” Guillen said.Guillen and her brother…

The device isn't the first technology that can turn water vapor into drinkable liquid water. But its creators say it uses less power and works in drier conditions — the key is something called a MOF.

The Washington State Department of Ecology says it's fining a Whatcom County berry grower more than $100,000 for years of illegal water use.Officials say…

Researchers from the University of Washington and NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center found the opposite of what they expected when they used a...

A judge in Pierce County has thrown out two initiatives aimed at giving people in Tacoma a bigger say in development projects. The group “Save Tacoma…

Every five years, a team convenes to evaluate long-term water supply and demand for the Columbia River Basin. For eastern Washington, the water supply...

Early this winter, skiers in the Northwest were excited. But then after about Christmas things turned dour. The once-epic snowpack is now long gone. In...

Clean, safe drinking water is essential to life. To get that water, however, requires a sludge of chemicals, countless testings — and different treatment processes depending on where you live.

With the quality of water worldwide declining and the increasing scarcity of it in many places becoming more prominent, student journalists at Pacific…