Completed during Harry Truman’s presidency, the Friant-Kern Canal has been a workhorse in California’s elaborate man-made water-delivery network. It’s a...
In water-scarce Southwest, ancient irrigation system disrupts big agriculture
Water in the American Southwest has never been abundant. Its availability fluctuates depending on conditions like drought and mountain snowpack...
Rising temperatures sucking water out of the Colorado River
Photo: The All American Canal, which carries Colorado River into the Imperial Valley in Southern California. California uses more Colorado...
Large algae bloom forms on Lake Okeechobee, could repeat 2016
(Above) A diagram from 2016 shows water flow in South Florida. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post) Florida’s freshwater...
How Water Gets From the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Los Angeles
Strong storms and cold temperatures this winter have left a behind a deep snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which...