Sugar manufacturing is a highly water-intensive process that requires water in almost every unit of operation. For example, to maximize juice extraction, water must be sprayed on sugarcanes during the ...

The owner of the land tied to a former sugar mill wants to develop housing on the site but must make sure hazardous ...

For a century, sugarcane was the biggest industry in Hawai‘i. But as sugar began to decline in the mid-20th century, tourism became the central pillar of the local economy. Plantations and mills ...

The study indicates that the tunnels likely channeled water to drive horizontal paddle wheels, which powered millstones used to crush sugarcane.

SANTA ROSA, Texas (Border Report) — Miles of what once were thriving sugar cane fields in this rural part of South Texas are now just dirt due to the lack of water from Mexico on which growers here ...