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California reservoirs are flush, but water politics may trump hydrology

In California, water politics are tricky, but they're as important as hydrological factors like precipitation and storage.

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丹·沃尔特斯

• 10 月 24, 2024

An angler holds up a stripped bass from a fishing line as they reel it in at the edge of a pier. Various anglers around the person watch and one helps reel the fish in.

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‘Dirty Delta’: California’s largest estuary is in crisis. Is the state discriminating against people who fish there?

Immigrants, tribes and other people of color rely on fish from San Francisco Bay and Delta rivers. California faces a federal discrimination probe for failing to protect them.

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 10 月 8, 2024

An ag well pumps water into Jacky Lowe’s walnut orchard in Hanford on April 4, 2024. In the last ten years, Lowe had to lower one ag well, drill another, and replace two domestic wells on her land. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

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“非法监管”：种植者对州政府提起的水诉讼遭遇重大挫折

A judge slaps the state with an injunction, saying the water board overstepped its authority in Kings County: “There has been no review, analysis, or ability to challenge their conduct.”

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 9 月 16, 2024

两个人推着一辆手推车走开，车上装着三箱叠放在一起的瓶装水，画面前景中还可以看到更多的箱子。

如果加州不采取行动，气候成本只会上升。选民应该支持 100 亿美元的债券

11 月，加州选民将决定该州是否应批准发行 $100 亿美元债券，以帮助防止气候变化恶化。由于大约 100 万加州人没有干净的水，萨利纳斯的一位居民表示，第 4 号提案将为长期被忽视的社区带来解脱。

By Horacio Amezquita • 9 月 10, 2024

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根据新法规，加州居民违反供水命令将面临高额罚款

Ranchers who defied a state water order were only fined about $50 each. Under new legislation headed to the governor, some daily fines for water scofflaws can increase 20-fold.

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 2024 年 8 月 31 日

A person in a blue shirt and blue water vest sits at the edge of a boat, while holding a blue bar into the water with a net at the end, in the Sacramento river.

加州水务劳动力正在老化。培养下一代工人至关重要

A career building and maintaining California's water infrastructure might be unglamorous but it's an essential and well-paying field as the state faces a looming shortage.

By Travis Hinkle • 8 月 29, 2024

An eye-level view of a dirt field for artichoke crop.

环境

Dangerous herbicide used on California crops banned

The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk. The EPA issued a rare emergency order.

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 8 月 7, 2024

Sprinklers water a patch of grass near a sidewalk in Fresno on July 16, 2024. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

水

Hot, inland California cities face the steepest water cuts with new conservation mandate

Urban water agencies serving a third of Californians won’t need to cut use, while Central Valley and desert cities face the most cuts.

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 7 月 19, 2024

J.G. Boswell Ranch's main office and facility in Corcoran on April 4, 2024. California water officials are poised to crack down on growers in the Tulare Lake Basin in Kings County for what they say are inadequate plans to curb groundwater overpumping under the state’s landmark Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

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Judge temporarily blocks state order to growers who depleted groundwater

A Kings County judge granted a temporary restraining order against the state's unprecedented mandate. Growers there will not have to meter their groundwater use for now.

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 7 月 16, 2024

Sprinklers water a lawn in Sacramento on June 29, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

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California now has mandatory water conservation in urban areas: How will the new rules affect your supplier?

The measures are substantially weaker than a previous proposal after an onslaught of criticism. But they will still save enough water through 2050 to supply the state’s entire population for a year, at a cost of $4.7 billion.

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 7 月 3, 2024