The Metropolitan Water District in southern California declared a water supply alert, triggering voluntary water use reductions. The District serves 19 million people.
Tag: drought
July's monsoons brought record-breaking levels of rain to Arizona, bringing a more favorable drought outlook for the month of August. While the drought is not over, the monsoons have certainly helped.
People living and working in Glenn County, CA say their wells are drying up. Some families are having to get clean drinking water from county relief agencies and they are unable to shower or do other...
Hot weather threatens endangered salmon; Calif. reservoirs low
California's endangered winter-run Chinook salmon could be cooked to death this fall because the Sacramento River is too hot. At the Klamath River, over a million juvenile fish have been relocated by...
Dehydration is a terrible way to die, says the head of Humane Borders which maintains water stations along migrant treks in the Sonoran Desert. Drought and heat are combining to inflict...
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western hemisphere, but it is shrinking due to drought, climate change, and water diversions. It is expected to reach its lowest level in 170...