California's drinking water has elevated levels of a certain contaminant found to be associated with adverse birth outcomes, causing experts to advise that safe water advisories need to be updated.

A new report, published on Wednesday by California's Department of Water Resources (DWR), states that a 23 percent decline in water supplies would be equivalent to around 496,000 acre-feet per ...

California’s weather whiplash has left the Golden State in a place of severe uncertainty about its diminishing water supply and increasing human and environmental demands for water. Research ...

Lake Oroville in California during a period of drought in 2022. casch/Getty What To Know. As of Monday morning, Lake Oroville's water levels were at 896.46 feet in elevation.

The 2024 “water year” — Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024 — featured average rainfall in comparison to that of the past 50 years, according to the report.

Call it generational evolution, a slow but inexorable force. With Los Angeles, it began after a series of dry spells. For most of the 20th century, through droughts and floods, California clung to ...

After peaking at full capacity earlier this year, Lake Oroville's water levels have started their summer decline. Lake Oroville, California's second-largest reservoir, has experienced dramatic ...