In the face of an increasingly variable climate, the government agencies charged with managing the U.S. water supply will depend on funding and upgrading of the nation’s stream, snowpack and weather monitoring networks.

Students at Penn State University have replicated a ceramic water filtration system that could be used to clean water in parts of Kenya, according to the university’s news site.

A report (PDF) composed by the Climate Change and Water Working Group outlines technology water managers need to make better short term decisions.

By applying a microscopic pattern that resembles a bed of tiny, pointed leaves and special coating, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have managed to increase the efficiency of water condensing plates by nearly a third.

A new system for sharing in-situ water data from more than 2 million monitoring sites across the U.S. makes accessing the information as simple as a web search.

Dust storms in the Southwest U.S. affect the region’s climate, air quality and ecosystems.

On New Years Eve, Shell’s Kulluk oil drilling rig broke free of its tow line and headed for a small island in the Gulf of Alaska.

The LandSat 5, an Earth imaging satellite that’s been orbiting for nearly 30 years, will be back on the ground within the next two months, according to a U.S. Geological Survey press release.

Scientists have long studied “pineapple express” storms that originate near the Hawaiian Islands and bring heavy rain or snow to the West Coast of the United States.

The U.S. Geological Survey has more than 3,000 active stream gauges monitoring rivers across the country.  A video produced recently by the USGS features Hannah Coy, a USGS field worker explaining some stream gauging practices.