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"It's an indicator that something's got to change." Officials frightened by drastic transformation in Los Angeles water ...
Los Angeles uses water from creeks that feed Mono Lake. Three decades after a decision that was intended to save the lake, ...
Operated by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, Shasta Dam backs up water from the Sacramento River for more than 35 miles to form the lake and controls flood waters, while ...
The State Water Project received a new Incidental Take Permit (ITP) from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), effective November 4, 2024, through November 1, 2034.
California announced that the State Water Project will deliver 50% of full water allotments this year, up from 40% last month. Runoff from ample snowpack is boosting reservoirs.
Officials are shoring up water systems infiltrated by the golden mussel. Dogs and human inspectors are checking boats at some ...
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 ...
Increasingly sharp internal debate focuses on what should happen as the acreage devoted to crops and livestock shrinks.
California officials are concerned the state's wildfire fund could be drained if utilities begin tapping it to cover ...
For millennia, Indigenous peoples have intentionally set fires to care for the land. Colonization and fire exclusion largely ...