Water

Data centers are expanding into water-stressed California communities, but lax disclosure rules keep the public in the dark about actual usage

Roughly 600,000 Californians still lack access to safe and reliable drinking water supplies. The problem will cost billions to fix. So why is the Newsom administration considering a climate overhaul that could gut a key source of funding?

Nuclear reactors can provide steady power for desalination at a low cost. Critics say money mustn’t take priority over health, safety or the environment.

California's Delta tunnel largely cleared a key hurdle last week — but far bigger obstacles still stand in the way.

California’s first new conservancy in more than 15 years will oversee restoration, manage habitat and improve air quality at the deteriorating Salton Sea

Climate change and age are stressing California's water infrastructure, endangering struggling salmon populations and other wildlife.

A top California water official offers an inside look as the Trump administration referees a Colorado River stalemate.

Volcanic rock at the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument filters rain and snowmelt into an underground aquifer network that holds as much as 200 of California's biggest reservoirs.

Trump pushed changes at the Central Valley Project — a set of reservoirs and canals supplying water to Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys — pleasing farm groups.

Federal cuts imperil government and private water partnerships and hobble disaster planning. The state must maintain its water expertise.