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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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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.
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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?
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Fall is the best time of year to tear up your yard and plant sustainable foliage. Start planning!
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Disturbed by unrelenting heat waves, massive wildfires, disappearing beaches, and worsening droughts? Here’s what you need to know.
It’s one of the reasons the fire department is relying more on mobile water stations for their helicopters.
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The Farm Aid hotline now offers mental health resources through its first Spanish-language operator. -
Usually about half of our water supply comes from the L.A. aqueduct. This year it’ll be about 100% through summer. -
With the change in seasons comes more risk of fire and flood. And the climate crisis is making it all more extreme. -
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. -
California won’t stay wet forever, but remember — we do need fire. -
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. -
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. -
We have the latest on damage and clean up from the heavy rains, winds and tornadoes that hit the region this week. -
Southern California's latest winter storm is on its way out.
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