Concerns over fluoride in tap water have resurfaced in recent years, with some states rolling back fluoridation and national figures questioning its safety. But a massive, decades-long U.S. study is pushing back on those claims. Researchers tracked thousands of Americans and found[...]
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On This Day | Waters Full of Fortune and Fish
Quite an eccentric character by the name of Rohm, a pearl fisher, visited Sheldon yesterday, having walked up from the Sheyenne river south of Anselm. Rohm claims Grand Forks as his home and during the summer months plys his trade along the[...]
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Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff
When drought hit the small Texas town of Clyde, the damage went deeper than dry lawns and cracked soil — it upended the city’s finances. With water sales down, repair costs rising, and emergency imports draining cash, the town missed two bond[...]
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Fall Fish Reproduction Surveys 2025
North Dakota’s fall fish surveys don’t make flashy headlines, but they quietly shape the future of fishing across the state. Fisheries biologists spent recent weeks studying this year’s young fish to see which lakes produced strong natural reproduction and where stocking efforts[...]
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Despite calls to postpone decision, Harwood greenlights $3 billion AI center
Harwood’s leaders have cleared the way for a $3 billion AI data center, siding with speed over more debate. In a special meeting that drew a packed house and sharp criticism, the City Council unanimously rezoned farmland for the 280-megawatt project, allowing[...]
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Great Lakes region faces rising, unprecedented demand for its water resources
The Great Lakes may look endless, but their water supply isn’t. A new report warns that rising demand from agriculture, mining, and especially data centers is straining groundwater resources that feed the lakes. With less than 1% of their water replenished each[...]
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Aquatics center proposal raises questions at Marion City Council meeting
Marion, Iowa leaders agree the city’s 37-year-old pool has reached the end of its life, but whether voters will back a new aquatics center remains uncertain. A recent survey showed residents favor replacing the pool, though support falls short of the 60[...]
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Earth’s Continents Are Drying Out at an Unprecedented Rate, Study Warns
Fresh water is vanishing from the land beneath our feet, and much of it is flowing into the sea. A sweeping new study finds that drying continents are now adding more to rising oceans than melting ice sheets — a shift fueled[...]
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On This Day | With the Water Problem Solved, Let’s Look for More Water
With the water problem again under control . . . temporarily at least . . . we can go right on hoping for a supply of water that will supply a city of 40,000 . . . and not be at all[...]
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On This Day | Minot Needs More Water
Minot alderman decided Monday night after some hot arguments to have one new well established in Minot to help out the supply of water for Minot people and industries. -- August 14, 1947 | The Ward County Independent Why We Chose It[...]
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Minot Awarded $29.6 Million Loan to Advance Lead Service Line Replacement
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and the North Dakota Public Finance Authority have announced four State Revolving Fund (SRF) loans awarded in July to help communities upgrade essential water infrastructure. The SRF programs, supported in part by the U.S. Environmental[...]
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The Secret Cost of Data Centers
Tucson’s “Project Blue” promised a massive data center complex — but secrecy killed it. Last week, the city council unanimously rejected the plan after public outcry over nondisclosure agreements that kept residents, and even some officials, in the dark about who was[...]
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Black Hills water supplies not meeting demand, study says
A dry spring at Pactola Reservoir forced Rapid City to impose water restrictions early this year, but new concerns run deeper than one season’s drought. A federal study shows some Black Hills aquifers — especially in the region’s fastest-growing areas — are[...]
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On This Day | Missouri Diversion
Gov. Shafer welcomed North Dakota’s distinguished guest and spoke of the project to harness the Missouri river somewhere above Bismarck, with a dam, diverting the waters of the Missouri thru the central and eastern sections of the state, finally running into Devils[...]
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How a growing demand for drought-tolerant, local plants is changing the landscaping industry
Across the West, water-conscious landscaping is finally having its moment—but the supply chain isn’t ready for it. As native plants rise in popularity for their resilience and water savings, landscape architects are hitting a frustrating wall: the nurseries can’t keep up. From[...]
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The West’s data centers suck (water and power)
Bitcoin miners in Alaska are chasing a new kind of gold rush — powered by methane and fed by megawatts. A proposed data center on the North Slope promises to convert stranded gas into electricity to fuel crypto mining, with ambitions to[...]