Faced with drought and climate change, millions of southern Californians must restrict their water uses.
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Attorney General asked to look into water rights abuse, drought profiteering
When water is scarce, should private investors and hedge funds have the right to buy up water rights, forcing farmers and others to pay even more per acre-foot? The California legislature and a...
Producers in the Sacramento Valley -- once called America's Breadbasket -- are facing water cuts because federally managed water from Lake Shasta is not available.
California announces first phase groundwater management funding
The State of California has announced the first phase of its $150 million grant program to assist with groundwater management under its Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program. During dry...
As the drought rages on, some Western states such as California and Utah are already enacting water restrictions. Restrictions include lawn watering to one day a week and cuts to indoor water use....
Thanks to a hotter climate, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is rethinking the type of data used for its water supply forecasts. Rather than relying on historical patterns, the...