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Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River basin ...

The amount of salt in one of New York City’s key sources of drinking water has tripled over three decades and is on track to exceed allowable levels around the turn of the next century, environmental ...

Since 1974, the Bureau of Reclamation has supported various projects to reduce salt levels in the Colorado River’s upper and lower basins. Now, a bill to increase the 50-year-old program’s funding is ...

Elevated sodium in groundwater was associated with increased blood pressure and odds of hypertension, especially among Asian ...

New research shows salt in drinking water may raise blood pressure, especially in coastal regions where seawater mixes with ...

In this study, the effect of irrigation water salinity on rooted cuttings of eight pomegranate cultivars namely ‘Malase Saveh’ (‘M-Saveh’), ‘Malase Isfahan ...

Surfers are used to getting mouthfuls of saltwater. Anyone who's been knocked over by a wave at the beach knows that the ocean tastes like salt. This is true whether you swallow a mouthful of seawater ...

For most people, salt is something to see on their plate, not in their tap. But a global analysis suggests that drinking ...