drought

Incredible images show DRAMATIC change in water levels at California’s Lake Oroville — at 100% capacity compared to drought of 2021

One of the most important reservoirs on the West Coast is now sitting at 100 percent capacity after spending years…

1 year ago

No time to waste for government to protect drought-stricken West

For decades, Western cities like Las Vegas and Tucson, Ariz., have embraced water conservation and recycling as a means of…

1 year 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

Conservation & Data Solutions to Western Water Rights, Diversion

Photo: Cracked earth in an area once under the water of Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S.,…

2 years ago

In dry West, farmers balk at idling land to save water

Photo: Tom Brundy points to a newly built irrigation canal on one of the fields at his farm Tuesday, Feb.…

2 years ago