Water

Stanford researchers are working with the City of Santa Cruz to improve assistance programs for residents who pay their water bills indirectly through rent.

Stanford engineer Khalid Osman and collaborators are building modeling tools to help water system managers find the most cost-effective option for improving their community’s drinking water.

Researchers say climate adaptation and water affordability are on a “collision course,” with resilience costs falling hardest on those who can least afford them.

Two Stanford water experts discuss the safety, economic, and environmental tradeoffs driving debates over dam removal.

Stanford researchers are working on technology that draws out water from some of the driest places in the world.

Stanford researchers have developed a hydrogel that draws moisture from the atmosphere and converts it into drinking water – even in extreme conditions.

Stanford research in a drought-prone Indian city shows how comprehensive policy changes could cut water costs by two-thirds for the poorest residents as urban populations surge.

A novel water sustainability scoring system has the potential to help companies make more informed investments.

At Stanford and in Senegal, experts are tackling schistosomiasis in rice paddies, using fish to cut disease transmission while boosting food security and local economies.

Research suggests that unvegetated meandering rivers were more common in the first 90 percent of Earth’s history than previously thought, challenging previous assumptions and providing new insights into the early ecology and climate of our planet.