The project involves digging a massive tunnel that some detractors say would add unnecessary costs and divert water from local communities and ecosystems. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service Petitioners battling over a massive and controversial California water infrastructure project...
By Lisa McEwen, SJ Water Ignoring a letter signed by more than 200 landowners that requested their resignation, the Kings County Water District board of directors not only kept their seats but voted unanimously to remove the district from the...
Salty discharge problem becomes an asset in new treatment breakthrough By David Danelski, UC Riverside A discovery by UC Riverside scientists could assist water providers across the nation as they face new federal standards to limit “forever chemical” concentrations in...
Research finds higher particulate pollution after water diverted to San Diego by Emily C. Dooley, UC Davis When desert winds stir up dust from the Salton Sea’s exposed lakebed, nearby communities suffer from increased air pollution. The deterioration coincides with...
By the USGS: With the potential for flooding during present-day winter storms and sea level rise continually inching up on San Francisco Bay Area communities, a team of scientists and engineers have created a new computer model that can inform...