Berkeley Lab-led Water Hub supports company in advancing desalination methods By Christina Procopiou, Berkeley Lab Key Takeaways Approximately 40 percent...
Partnering with Nestlé, ASU is working to reduce the amount of briny waste left over from water desalination By Faith...
Miles away from the ocean, projects are afoot to clean up salty groundwater and use it to grow crops. Some say it’s a costly pipe dream, others say it’s part of the future. By Lela Nargi, Knowable Magazine Ralph Loya...
A research consortium led by Berkeley Lab, along with three other national labs, will continue to lead a DOE desalination...
In 2017, a nationwide assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey found that brackish groundwater in the nation’s aquifers is more...
From the Department of Water Resources: As California continues to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, the State must work to identify future sources of safe, reliable water for all. This week, the Department of Water Resources (DWR)...
With California adapting to intense shifts between extreme wet and dry weather, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced three...
With drought becoming a normal feature of life in California, finding reliable ways to increase freshwater resources has become imperative. ...
By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory In April 2022, a team of engineers hiked into California’s Sierra Nevada mountains to hunt for snow. Instead, they found mostly bare, dry dirt and only a few of the snow patches that...
Climate change and drought are forcing California to reimagine its water supply future. One promising tool in the toolbox is...
By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Gripped by drought, communities along California’s coast are exploring innovations and investments to ensure residents have...
The San Francisco Bay Area city of Antioch hopes to end 50 years of water quality issues caused by state and federal water projects, increased agricultural runoff, drought and sea level rise. Founded on a lush plain of the largest...
Desalination holds the potential of providing a highly reliable water source for some communities; however, there are major cost and...
By Kate Cimini, Cal Matters Activists and local government officials across Monterey County have banded together to fight a proposed...
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Labs discuss their work on groundwater recharge, brackish desalination, and seawater desalinization As droughts intensify and the snowpacks diminish, California will need creative solutions to provide enhanced water supplies for urban use and agriculture. Scientists at...