Throughout history, the development of drinking water filters has been driven by the need for safe, accessible, and clean water. When Was Drinking Water Invented? Drinking water, as a concept,...
Category: Water History
Where Does the Missouri River Start and End: The Missouri River Montana
Recognized as America’s longest river, the Missouri River is known as the “Center of Life” in the Great Plains. From agriculture to food, this winding waterway plays a major role for those who...
About 3 million years ago, water draining from the San Juan Mountains of Colorado began carving the river that dissects New Mexico and, eventually, the west and southwest boundary of Texas and the...
The Sacramento River is a major source of water for the millions of residents in the state and other states through which the river passes it's well known for four distinct runs of Chinook salmon:...
Living a couple of miles from the Delaware River all my life I have seen its beauty and have seen its fury. The Delaware River is the background here in parts of Pennsylvania, New York & New...
People have used dams for centuries to help prevent and control flooding. The ancient Mesopotamians may have been some of the first humans to build dams and used the innovative concept of irrigation...