California

Pathbreaking Groundwater Research by Center for Law, Energy & the Environment Team Goes National

Photo: California and other states where water is scarce have long tapped more groundwater — particularly for agriculture — than…

1 year ago

Does California Have a ‘Lead in Drinking Water’ Problem?

More testing and proper lead service line replacement is needed throughout the state. It has been nearly eight years since…

1 year ago

California Water Agencies Hoped A Deluge Would Recharge Their Aquifers. But When It Came, Some Couldn’t Use It

WESTERN WATER IN-DEPTH: January storms jump-started recharge projects in badly overdrafted San Joaquin Valley, but hurdles with state permits and…

1 year ago

LADWP Confirms Elevation of Mono Lake Is Rising, No Emergency Conditions Present

[H2O IQ editor's note: also see the immediately preceding post concerning the Mono Lake Tribe of California and its concerns…

1 year ago

Mono Lake Tribe Seeks to Assert Water Rights, Calls for Emergency Halt of Water Diversions to Los Angeles

Photo: A grove of tufa towers along the south shore of Mono Lake, California, where long-term drought, global warming and…

1 year ago