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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Desalination Plant, rows of reverse osmosis membranes, layered in tubes, filter brackish water into ...
As climate change intensifies droughts, disrupts rainfall patterns and fuels wildfires, more regions are turning to the sea for drinking water. Desalination, which is the process of removing salt from ...
An illustration of a glass of water, superimposed over reverse osmosis filters from El Paso's Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant. Credit: Carla Astudillo/The Texas Tribune The wind swept through ...
What if the solution to two of humanity’s most urgent crises, freshwater scarcity and rising energy demands, was hiding in plain sight? Imagine a world where the same technology that powers cities ...
The United States-Israeli war on Iran has exposed the vulnerability of critical water infrastructure in a region that is among the most water-scarce in the world. This week, Iran’s foreign minister ...
As the future of El Paso increasingly hinges on an abundant and affordable supply of water, the city’s water utility is planning to convert millions of gallons more of the salty groundwater that pools ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a glass of water, superimposed over reverse osmosis filters from El Paso's Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination ...
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 ...
Water in the city of 679,000 people is a challenge. Inside El Paso’s Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant, Hector Sepúlveda, the plant’s superintendent, walks through rows of towering steel tubes ...