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February 28, 2024 1:21 PM
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The island is facing months or possibly years of critical water scarcity, experts say.
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February 27, 2020 11:56 PM
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The snowpack, which provides about a third of the annual freshwater supply for the state, measured 47% of average, down significantly from last month.
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January 30, 2020 4:47 PM
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With no major storms in the forecast, California could be headed for another dry water year, experts warn.
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May 23, 2019 11:30 AM
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Poseidon officials say they prioritized a plant in Carlsbad instead.
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December 10, 2018 7:17 PM
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The Trump administration plans to strip Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of streams and wetlands, including as much as 80% of the waters in California and the arid West. Its rollback of the Obama-era Clean Water rule comes at the behest of big agriculture interests.
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August 4, 2018 12:15 AM
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Already devastated by drought, California's salmon industry fears being wiped out by Trump's environmental rollbacks.
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June 15, 2018 3:41 PM
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With climate change on the horizon, Los Angeles is rushing to pull water from surprising sources. The goal: aqueous independence.
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April 10, 2018 1:46 AM
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With the city of Los Angeles and Orange County on opposite sides, the outcome of Tuesday's vote on Southern California's investment in a massive water delivery project is likely to hinge on a few smaller agencies.
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January 2, 2018 11:08 AM
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Nestle, which sells Arrowhead bottled water, may have to stop taking millions of gallons of water from Southern California’s San Bernardino National Forest because state regulators concluded it lacks valid permits.
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December 21, 2017 11:03 PM
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Nestle, which sells Arrowhead bottled water, may have to stop taking millions of gallons of water from Southern California's San Bernardino National Forest because state regulators concluded it lacks valid permits.
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October 19, 2017 7:01 PM
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In an about face, the U.S Bureau of Land Management says Cadiz Inc. can build a pipeline for its desert water project on a federal railroad right-of-way. The decision reverses an Obama administration opinion that threw a major hurdle in the controversial project.
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May 2, 2017 7:47 PM
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Do people only care about water during extreme drought, like California’s recent one? It turns out most Americans care a lot about water and have strong feelings on infrastructure spending an
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April 7, 2017 2:04 PM
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Startlingly green hills, surging rivers and the snow-wrapped Sierra Nevada had already signaled what Gov. Jerry Brown made official on Friday. The long California drought is over.
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February 14, 2021 2:26 AM
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Scientists project that the rainy season in California will get shorter as the climate warms
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February 12, 2020 2:47 PM
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State lowers threshold for toxic PFAS chemicals.
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December 18, 2019 11:50 AM
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A widespread investigation has found that communities across Canada are facing a crisis in lead-contaminated drinking water. Even one of the country's most famed, eco-friendly ski resorts is not immune. As Marc Edwards explains to host Marco Werman, the problem is in some ways man-made, and governments are further complicating the situation in the way they're repairing pipes. Edwards was a primary whistleblower in the Flint water crisis but has also been specializing in Canada's water infrastructure for the past decade.
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January 16, 2019 1:10 PM
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Glaciers are crucial sources of water for people and crops in Central Asia. But global warming is causing glaciers there and around the world to shrink every year.
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August 21, 2018 12:56 AM
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The tough conditions are drying up huge swathes of land, leaving farmers struggling. Groups of thirsty emus recently showed up in an outback mining town looking for water.
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July 30, 2018 2:59 AM
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SACRAMENTO -- Urging the state water board to reject a proposal to redirect flows in three Central California rivers, a coalition of more tha
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April 11, 2018 11:18 PM
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April 1, 2018 1:11 PM
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Cape Town officials warned taps would run dry by April 22, but the city appears to have averted disaster by slashing individuals’ average water use by half. High-income Cape Town families have cut their average water use by 80%.
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December 25, 2017 8:45 AM
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The dry conditions are partly to blame for the worst fire season on record in California. Low humidity and lack of rain coupled with high winds fueled destructive wildfires from Mendocino down to San Diego this fall. In wine country, more than 40 people died and more than 10,000 homes were lost. To the south, the Thomas fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties became the largest wildfire on record in California.
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December 13, 2017 9:59 AM
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The state's water conservation districts don't need the approval of property owners or voters to charge their customers fees t
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September 11, 2017 11:51 AM
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Toxic chemicals from illegal marijuana farms hidden deep in California's forests are showing up in rivers and streams that feed the state's water supply, prompting fears that humans and animals may be at risk, data reviewed by Reuters show.
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April 17, 2017 7:23 AM
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Why isn't California, newly awash in water, shoving more into what amounts to its biggest reservoir -- the depleted Central Valley aquifer?
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