California's aquifers gained an estimated 2.2 million acre-feet of water during the last water year. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has been promoting efforts to replenish groundwater.

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.

A court ruled in favor of BlueTriton Brands after California regulators had ordered the bottled-water company to stop taking water from a national forest.

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 ...

While reservoirs are high now, experts warn that California's water outlook can change quickly. Even with encouraging levels, the DWR and other agencies continue to urge water conservation, ...

California can dramatically increase its usable water supply through investment in new water supply infrastructure. Currently, California’s farmers rely on 30 million acre-feet per year for ...

Agustin and Ricarda Toledo loaded eight empty 5-gallon jugs onto their truck and drove to a water store some 14 miles from ...

California state officials voiced mounting concern this week over long-standing delays and cost overruns in the proposed Pacheco Reservoir expansion, a multibillion-dollar project that has yet to ...

California water managers this week cut in half the amount of water being pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta at the state’s plant near Tracy, saying the main reservoir it serves is ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion investigate how California allowed billionaires to control the state’s most precious resource: water. John Bolton reacts to U.S. strikes on Iran: ‘This regime ...