The Thirsty City: Rochester at a Water Crossroads
For over a century, the city of Rochester has operated under a hydrological assumption that many of its neighbors abandoned decades ago: that the ground beneath its feet provides an inexhaustible, high-quality tap. By drilling deep into the Jordan…
The Thirsty City: Rochester at a Water Crossroads
For over a century, the city of Rochester, Minnesota, has enjoyed a geological luxury that most large American municipalities can only envy: a virtually inexhaustible supply of high-quality, naturally filtered groundwater. Siphoned from the massive,…