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 ...

That means that if California’s forests were thinned appropriately, 2.2 million acre-feet of water would be added to California’s water supply in an average year.

State and federal agencies plan to deliver more water to California farms and cities following recent storms that brought rain and snow and boosted reservoir levels. Cities in Southern California ...

Trump's order is premised on the idea that increasing Delta pumping would make more water available for the rest of California. But experts say its more complicated than that.

President Donald Trump is taking executive action to override California's "actively harmful" state and local environmental policies in an effort to maximize water supply in the aftermath of ...

California Gets Warning About Water Supply Published Feb 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM EST Updated Feb 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM EST By Anna Skinner ...

Wildfires in Southern California have prompted major discussions about water in the state. Here's an overview of where water comes from in the region.

The US Army Corps of Engineers opened two dams on Friday in Central California and let roughly 2.2 billion gallons of water flow out of reservoirs, after President Donald Trump ordered the release ...

Research that my colleagues and I published last year, “The Magnitude of California’s Water Challenges” showed that Californians can expect their water supply to shrink 12 to 25% by 2050, up ...

So, did February's storms catch us back up? Unfortunately, not quite. While California's snowpack is at 88% of average today, there's a lot of dry weather in the forecast the rest of this month.