Central Valley

Putting Flood Waters to Work: State Expedites Efforts to Maximize Groundwater Recharge

Temporary diversion equipment provided by DWR is deployed by Fresno Irrigation District to divert excess water from Kings River to…

1 year ago

California water contractors get full supply from state, federal systems

Photo: The California Aqueduct near Lost Hills in Kern County, carries water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to users through…

2 years ago

Groundwater Gold Rush

This is the first article in a Bloomberg Green series investigating how private investors are commandeering public water for profit…

2 years ago

California’s Central Valley was a landscape of lakes and marshes…

Art: An artist's 19th century depiction of Tulare Lake, now vanished. (Tulare County Library) …then we sucked it dry. Fly…

2 years ago

Battle for safe drinking water heated amid drought in California’s Central Valley

For people in the nation's breadbasket, a historic drought’s impacts are visible in every moment of daily life — but…

2 years ago