The Making Conservation a California Way of Life framework is designed to help the state save 500,000 acre-feet of water per year by 2040. That’s enough to supply more than 1.4 million ...

Last fall, before the epic, near-biblical rains of early 2023 pushed California’s historic drought off our collective radar, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced a pilot water ...

Californians stepped up their water conservation in July, using 10.4% less than two years ago as the state struggles with a years-long drought, state water officials said Wednesday.

Chart Shows Dramatic Change in California's 'Zombie Lakes' Water Levels Published Sep 01, 2023 at 4:58 PM EDT Updated Sep 21, 2023 at 4:34 PM EDT ...

The pretty, cloudless blue skies over perfectly manicured lawns represent an ugly reality for California’s Las Virgenes Municipal Water District as it grapples with the historic megadrought ...

More water goes to alfalfa in a year than is needed for indoor usage for every Californian for 18 months. ... It’s time to take a fresh look at how we manage and allocate water in California.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Waterboards showed a state-wide drop in water usage and some regions of the state exhibited a drop of up to 17%. The waterboard said at a statewide ...

"In Southern California, we've been accustomed to having lush, green lawns, and as we move into the future, if we don't get a sufficient amount of snow and rain, it's going to get tough to justify ...

The Shasta River in California, seen on an overcast day. (Photo by Andrew Marx via Courthouse News) (CN) — The Yurok and Karuk tribes have blown the whistle on ranchers in Northern California who are ...

The owners of Wonderful Co., behind Fiji Water and other brands, use a lot of water, but it's only a fraction of California’s usage. No one entity owns the water.

After publication, the Wonderful Co. confirmed to PolitiFact water usage in 2022 and 2023 was in line with that estimate. ... California Water Commission, Water Use in California, May 2019.

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 ...