CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Edict will limit outdoor watering to one day per week for roughly 6 million people, largely in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys as well as areas in San Bernardino County. Southern California’s water wholesaler took emergency action on Tuesday, April 26, in response to the regional drought, imposing unprecedented restrictions that will limit …

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For much of Southern California, this was another rainy season that wasn’t. Dry, brown hillsides are testament to the fact that virtually the entire region has received less-than-average rainfall since the current water year started in October, with many areas 30-60% below typical. April and early May tend to be the region’s last chance for …

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At a point in the year when California’s water storage should be at its highest, the state’s two largest reservoirs have already dropped to critically low levels — a sobering outlook for the hotter and drier months ahead. Shasta Lake, which rises more than 1,000 feet above sea level when filled to the brim, is …

It’s not even summer, and California’s two largest reservoirs are at ‘critically low’ levels Read More »

In farming areas across the Central Valley, a well-drilling frenzy has accelerated over the last year as growers turn to pumping more groundwater during the drought, even as falling water levels leave hundreds of nearby homes with dry wells. Counties have continued freely issuing well-drilling permits in the years since California passed a landmark law, …

‘A race to the bottom’: New bill aims to limit frenzy of well drilling on California farms Read More »

Nearly 4 million Angelenos will be reduced to two-day-a-week watering restrictions on June 1 under drought rules released by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Tuesday. The highly anticipated announcement came two weeks after the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California called for the strictest-ever water cuts in the region due to worsening drought …

DWP customers in L.A. face two-day-a-week water restrictions, with eight-minute limit Read More »