By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute OpenET, a nonprofit initiative focused on improving water management with accessible, satellite-based evapotranspiration (ET)...
California frequently experiences multi-year droughts, a natural aspect of our highly variable climate. However, climate change intensifies both the frequency...
From DWR: California’s increasingly severe droughts are not just a challenge for water managers — they fuel extreme wildfires, threaten communities, and strain ecosystems. The devastating fires experienced this year in Southern California, following months of record-dry conditions and coupled...
By Scott Lewis, Voice of San Diego People in San Diego are already feeling higher costs from food, housing and...
Efforts to bring clean water to East Orosi have progressed slowly in recent years, leaving residents living off bottled water...
Huge volumes of water used to keep computer processing centers cool By David Danelski, UC Riverside While artificial intelligence, or AI, is transforming industries, its environmental impact is often overlooked. Shaolei Ren, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering...
By Christine Wiedinmyer, University of Colorado Boulder and Kari Bowen, University of Colorado Boulder When a hurricane or tornado starts...
In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules....
By Sara Hughes, Adjunct Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan; and Michael Wilson, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School Water scarcity is often viewed as an issue for the arid American West, but the U.S. Northeast’s...
A state appeals court decided that the different water prices for residential and agricultural customers violated state and federal constitutions....
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT: Southern Californians’ per person water use drops to lowest in 35 years
Decline by 45% supported by Metropolitan’s $1 billion investments in conservation alongside region’s commitment to sustainability. Press release from the...
Water systems aren’t designed for unlimited demands during wildland-urban interface fires. by Kylie Mohr, High Country News When wind-driven embers sent flames ripping through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, firefighters and residents began noticing less water pressure in...
From the Delta Protection Commission: The U.S. Department of Interior today approved the Management Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National...
New National Water Availability Assessment offers critical insights into water supply, demand and quality across the Nation. From the USGS...
Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for the most destructive fire in its history. By Wyatt Myskow and Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared...