Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for 2021’s drought?
The most acute problem, experts say, is the lack of controls on groundwater pumping.
The Los Angeles River’s overlooked anglers
Unhoused Angelenos use the urban river as a source of sustenance, but a proposal to revitalize the waterway could push them out.
In the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, two groundwater sustainability agencies try to...
Agencies in two counties are pursuing different approaches to address overdraft and meet requirements of California’s groundwater law.
Why Wall Street investors’ trading California water futures is nothing to fear – and...
Some worry about Wall Street’s involvement in trading water, but two researchers argue the risks are likely overblown.
The water war in Indian Wells Valley
California pistachio farmers are facing off against the U.S. Navy over water rights. The outcome could shape future legal fights as climate change upends the status quo.
California weighs changes for new water rights permits in response to a warmer and...
As California’s seasons become warmer and drier, state officials are pondering whether the water rights permitting system needs revising.
Is ecosystem change in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta outpacing the ability of science to...
A science panel argues for a new approach to make research nimbler and more forward-looking to improve management in the ailing Delta.
Well water throughout California contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
These chemicals are everywhere. They last forever. They’re expensive to get rid of. And many Californians don’t even know they’re drinking them.
What happens when a rural area’s only well is contaminated?
As California’s new requirements for forever chemicals kick in, small providers in remote towns struggle to clean up their water.
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