Water

The world's highest concentration of data centers is in Virginia. Many residents are not happy about that.

Over a hundred family and community members gathered on the sand spit shore below Requa Village on the Yurok Reservation, where the Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean, to welcome 120 Indigenous youth kayakers who made history as the first people to descend over 310 miles down the free-flowing Klamath River.

Gov. Tina Kotek’s attempt to provide the first major update to Oregon’s groundwater law in more than 35 years made it through a challenging legislative session, but not before sacrificing support from environmental groups.

Portland can resume construction on its $2 billion drinking water filtration plant. That’s after the city put a pause on construction following an appeal from groups opposing the project.

Environmental groups are asking a court to reverse a permit for a proposed renewable diesel refinery in Columbia County, over concerns it could pollute the Columbia River and disrupt working farms.

The analysis focuses on vulnerable communities facing systemic barriers to clean water and water privatization in America.

A major earth-moving project is underway along the McKenzie Highway east of Eugene-Springfield. The work is meant to restore the McKenzie River to its more meandering character to improve wildlife habitat and water quality.

Portland City Council approved a more than 6% water and sewer rate increase.

For decades, waste carrying nitrates from large livestock farms, food processing facilities and irrigated farms has seeped through the Lower Umatilla Basin’s soil and into the groundwater below.

Senate Bill 1154 centralizes the state’s response to groundwater pollution, but hundreds of private well owners oppose it.