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An audit found 57 California dams in poor or unsatisfactory condition, and the 40 riskiest sit near big coastal cities. The state has had the power to penalize negligent owners since 2017 but has never done so, and repairs could cost $28 billion. -
Scientists expand research on deep rooted plants’ ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere -
Judges determined the city had failed to present evidence justifying its use of a tiered rate structure for single-family homes. Instead, the city is considering one water rate for all customers. -
The Imperial Beach shoreline was closed to human contact on Sunday by county health officials due to sewage contamination. -
The New River flows 60 miles from Baja California through Imperial County into the Salton Sea, carrying treated sewage and waste from industrial and agricultural sectors. -
The agreement is the Water Authority's third regional water supply partnership announced this year. The agency signed two water supply agreements with water agencies in Riverside County in the spring. -
The federal government on Friday announced 1.25-million acre feet of annual cuts to the Colorado River water used by California, Nevada and Arizona. -
The water level at Lake Powell has fallen to a record low in another sign of crisis along the Colorado River. This alarming milestone, reached on Saturday, follows a record low set by Lake Mead. The two are the country's largest reservoirs and provide water and electricity for millions of people, as well as farms and wildlife. -
States failed to reach a Colorado River deal, so the feds are likely to impose a stopgap plan cutting California’s supply 10% through 2028. Worse than the cuts, though, is the uncertainty. Here’s what that means for California. -
A proposal announced Friday spares Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming from facing mandatory cuts for now. But it’s a temporary fix as the states that rely on the river still fight over management of the dwindling resource that powers huge swaths of the Western U.S.
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