Water

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.

If California ditches fossil fuels for greener energy, we can still expect weekly rolling blackouts. But nuclear power is unaffected by weather.

A new report estimates that California’s data centers are driving increases in electricity use, water demand and pollution even as lawmakers stall on oversight.

The historic canal was hand-dug and open in eight years. Today, some of California's public works projects are taking decades just to start.

Most plans to regulate data centers died in the state’s Legislature this year, despite a nationwide backlash. Two surviving bills aim to promote disclosure of energy and water use.