Imagine getting fined for catching rain. Sounds absurd, right? Yet across the United States, particularly in arid Western regions, rainwater harvesting operates in a surprisingly complex legal gray ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Long dependent on wellwater and supplies sent hundreds of miles by canal from the Colorado River, this desert city will soon harvest some of its 12 inches of annual rainfall to help ...

This 500-gallon tank will irrigate the UC Santa Cruz Village garden with rainwater during the region's dry season. It was designed, built, and adorned with a painted mural by students as part of an ...

Rainwater harvesting is a sustainable solution to water scarcity. It's the ingenious capturing and storing of rainwater for various purposes like irrigation, landscaping and household needs. This ...

As the atmospheric water harvesting industry looks to scale up, it faces challenges, opportunities and ethical conundrums.

UA students are installing rainwater-harvesting systems in a class that helps the campus continue to improve its environmental sustainability. The class initially worked on the University of Arizona's ...