Water utilities and their ratepayers face financial strain from wildfire, flood, and drought. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue When the Eaton Fire blitzed central Los Angeles County in January 2025, the foothills community of Altadena sat in its path....
Improved reservoir storage and spring runoff conditions support additional allocation increases From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation...
A new dataset on San Francisco Bay water includes one of the most toxic chemicals ever studied for a fish species. By Sierra Garcia, San Francisco Estuary Institute The chemical, called 6PPDQ, forms in the environment from an ingredient in...
Visit the Water Shelf main page With the big-ticket dramas of the Colorado River and who can and can’t turn on spigots in state and regional water supplies, we sometimes lose track of the ongoing legal tug-of-war revolving around the...
Snow and rain in the American West is concentrating at one of the highest rates in the world, researchers found, with implications for ecosystems, water management and this year’s El Niño. By Jake Bolster, Inside Climate News This article originally...
Roughly 600,000 Californians still lack access to safe and reliable drinking water supplies. The problem will cost billions to fix. So why is the Newsom administration considering a climate overhaul that could gut a key source of funding? By Rachel Becker,...
