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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

Water World: Sea Level Rise, Coastal Floods and Storm Surges

Photo: The salt marshes of Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi are very vulnerable to sea level rise.…

7 years ago

California’s Legacy of Swamplands

by Richard L. Hindle California is living with a legacy of swamplands. The consecutive Swamp Land Acts (1849, 1850, and…

7 years ago

Don’t Rebuild The Florida Keys

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Hurricane Irma devastated large portions of the Florida Keys—the 100-mile ribbon of low lying narrow…

7 years ago