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AGUACYCLE maps America's shift to water recycling and reuse — with city and state water profiles, issue explainers, and data-driven analysis of the country's deepening water crisis.
The story shaping America's water
Mapping America's Worst Drinking-Water Violations
Oklahoma's water systems break the rules at the highest rate in the country, while Texas racks up the most violations by sheer volume. The gap between those two numbers is the whole story.
Read analysisWhere Americans Use the Most Water
The states with the highest per-capita water use are clustered in the arid West — and the reasons say more about irrigation and lawns than about long showers.
Read analysisLead in American Tap Water: What the 2026 Data Shows
More than a thousand U.S. water systems still deliver tap water above the federal lead action level — and two states account for more than half of them.
Read analysisA national water-reuse scorecard
How much treated wastewater states put back to work — a leading indicator of resilience as traditional supplies shrink.
Illustrative figures for orientation. See each state profile for detail and primary sources.
Water issues we track
From the Colorado River crisis to forever chemicals, these are the pressures reshaping how the country sources its water.
Cities rewriting the water playbook
The communities pioneering recycled drinking water, turf removal, and stormwater capture — and the ones running out of options.
States under the most water stress
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