We asked Aicher, author of "Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome," about the Romans' sophisticated water distribution system, including its elegant aqueducts. Here's what he told us: NOVA ...

Yet although the water management tradition Rome inherited was rich and extensive, no previous system came close to the sophistication and reach of the Roman aqueduct. Striding across the ...

The aqueduct would also require a massive public investment, one that far exceeds even the $4.4 billion construction costs of the United States’ most expensive water transport system thus far ...

An underground city and aqueduct was recently found in the ancient ... to access water from qanats—traditional underground water systems renowned for their efficiency. As reported by Enikos ...

The low-cost federal loans will help fund projects at the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and northern Utah’s Weber Basin ...

From rivers to dams to hundreds of miles of aqueducts, moving water around California takes a massive system, engineered over the better part of a century. Now, with a new executive order ...

California’s system of reservoirs, canals and aqueducts is the largest water conveyance system in the world: the California Aqueduct alone spans 444 miles from Contra Costa County in the Bay Area, ...