Medford Water issued a boil water advisory for about 600 customers in southwest Medford after a water main lost pressure during maintenance work.

The Thames River Cleanup will have to wait one week after organizers opted to postpone Saturday's volunteer event due to unsafe conditions created by this week's heavy rainfall and high water levels.

Large facilities can use millions of gallons daily for cooling, much of it lost to evaporation. Local leaders and utilities are weighing impacts on supply, planning and oversight as demand grows.

Residents along the river shoreline are being told to pack and be ready to evacuate.

As water supplies shrink and food demand grows, new interdisciplinary research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln offers a practical way for farmers to manage irrigation more efficiently while protecting their bottom line.

Starting Monday, the city of Raleigh will implement Stage 1 water-use restrictions that are expected to remain in place until June to safeguard the local water supply.

Like their larger neighbor, small South Texas cities are drilling new water wells amid a stubborn drought. But experts say that could deplete local aquifers.

That new amount is more than double the amount predicted four years ago. The new forecast comes as supply is already drying up.