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Putting Flood Waters to Work: State Expedites Efforts to Maximize Groundwater Recharge
May 20, 2023

Putting Flood Waters to Work: State Expedites Efforts to Maximize Groundwater Recharge

Temporary diversion equipment provided by DWR is deployed by Fresno Irrigation District to divert excess water from Kings River to...

California water contractors get full supply from state, federal systems
April 21, 2023

California water contractors get full supply from state, federal systems

Photo: The California Aqueduct near Lost Hills in Kern County, carries water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to users through...

Groundwater Gold Rush
April 13, 2023

Groundwater Gold Rush

This is the first article in a Bloomberg Green series investigating how private investors are commandeering public water for profit...

California’s Central Valley was a landscape of lakes and marshes…
March 15, 2023

California’s Central Valley was a landscape of lakes and marshes…

Art: An artist’s 19th century depiction of Tulare Lake, now vanished. (Tulare County Library) …then we sucked it dry. Fly...

Battle for safe drinking water heated amid drought in California’s Central Valley
August 7, 2022

Battle for safe drinking water heated amid drought in California’s Central Valley

For people in the nation’s breadbasket, a historic drought’s impacts are visible in every moment of daily life — but...

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