North Carolina officials are warning people with cuts or open wounds not to swim in saltwater or brackish water after three people died of an infection in July. The state Department of Health and ...

This is a map of 94 wells across New Mexico that the state can use to characterize brackish water aquifers, according to state researchers. Advocates, experts and even industry leaders interested in ...

The reported Vibrio vulnificus cases reported in Florida in 2025 were down dramatically from last year. Here's what to know.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The topic of water led the charge during Tuesday's Corpus Christi City Council meeting as leaders continue to pursue new options in the face of our dwindling supply. One of ...

New analysis led by a University of Wyoming researcher shows that brackish or salty groundwater could replace fresh water to cool coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, although it comes at a cost.

The New Mexico Environment Department and Office of the State Engineer have awarded more than $25.9 million in grant funding to brackish water projects across the state. Story continues below ...

The numbers are so vast, so enticing that they tantalize like a desert oasis. Deep below the surface in Arizona – roughly a quarter mile underground – sit large volumes of water that are less salty ...

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A 12-year-old girl presents to the guest columnist’s office with a red, painful right auricle. The onset was yesterday, and it is worse today. There is no history of fever or injury to the ear, and ...