Some farm groups say proposed management rules go too far. Other groups say they don’t go far enough

The governor’s committee is ready to report on the future of the new industry with unprecedented energy-sucking capacity

New curtailments will impact 1,500 water rights holders and local communities might need to restrict residential watering

A court decision has upheld existing instream water rights held by the state on Drift Creek, a tributary of the Pudding River

Proposed laws would streamline rights transfers, impose new environmental reviews and address dwindling water supplies

The Port successfully petitioned the state for an executive order to suspend environmental regulations in order to save jobs

A new study also says climate change is making it harder to escape drought even as winters bring lots of precipitation

Water users in Washington and Oregon are working together to keep streams flowing in the Walla Walla River Basin

With wells running dry and groundwater depleting at frightening rates, the federal government is growing concerned

Citizen scientists are also major contributors to a project that utilizes the freshwater crustaceans in a novel way

As wells run dry, the state says it needs more time and money to crunch numbers. Hard decisions await

The state lets polluters plant trees to keep river water temps cool. No one knows if the trade-offs actually work