California

Rising temperatures sucking water out of the Colorado River

Photo: The All American Canal, which carries Colorado River into the Imperial Valley in Southern California. California uses more Colorado…

7 years ago

Opinion: Desalination plant in Southern California is important to water security

Photo: Workers prepare a desalination plant for service at the Charles Meyer Desalination Facility in Santa Barbara this year. (Jim…

7 years ago

Changes in water consumption linked to media coverage

Public awareness of water- and drought-related issues is an important yet relatively unexplored component of water use behavior. To examine…

7 years ago

Water board reports highlighted health risk before hepatitis outbreak

San Diego officials were informed repeatedly of the dangers of disease-carrying runoff from homeless encampments into area waterways, as far…

7 years ago

Water use rises as drought restrictions fade from memory

In the months after Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to California's five-year drought, water use in the state has…

7 years ago