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Water Crisis
If it’s perfectly safe to drink purified wastewater (and it is), why aren’t drought-plagued including California states drinking more of it?
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It’s one of the reasons the fire department is relying more on mobile water stations for their helicopters.
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The state is doling out millions to support local water supply projects.
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The state extended a drought regulation banning using drinkable water to irrigate grass at commercial, industrial and institutional properties.
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To best protect wetlands, permitting and enforcement need to be sorted.
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Our winter weather could see the biggest impacts.
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The Farm Aid hotline now offers mental health resources through its first Spanish-language operator.
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Usually about half of our water supply comes from the L.A. aqueduct. This year it’ll be about 100% through summer.
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With the change in seasons comes more risk of fire and flood. And the climate crisis is making it all more extreme.
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Snowpack in the eastern Sierra has broken the record set in 1969, but L.A. says it will maintain current watering restrictions, at least for now.
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California won’t stay wet forever, but remember — we do need fire.
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I don't know about you, but I'm tired of shuffling my warm weather plants in and out of the house because it's so cold.
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If you've never heard of Tulare Lake, it may be because it hasn't been a permanent presence in Central California since the early 1900s. Now, with water accumulating, locals are worried about what's next.
They just begun refilling it for the first time since 2019.
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Like for hurricanes, there's a scale for atmospheric rivers. But it may be a while before it's the norm. -
Forecasts put much of the state at risk for flooding over the next 1 to 7 days — although most of that danger is north of Los Angeles. -
National Weather Service reports rain is expected to return Thursday — with the heaviest showers north of L.A. -
It was so nice to see white sprinkled on the hills around our valleys. -
From the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains to the northern Sierra Nevada, a lot of California is buried in snow. But as the climate crisis drives increasingly severe weather, dangerous flooding is more likely. -
Not all of this rain goes to the ocean, but increasingly unpredictable and intense storms driven by climate change are making stormwater capture more difficult. -
In the face of a drier future, that iconic piece of Americana is on its way out in Southern California. -
The $1 billion in funding so far has mostly helped clear a backlog of water infrastructure efforts by cities and L.A. County, but new green space lags. -
To state the obvious: California has a water problem. But experts say conservation alone can’t solve our water woes. Should recycled sewage water play a bigger role? -
Fall is the best time of year to tear up your yard and plant sustainable foliage. Start planning!
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