Water

As drought intensifies, the order affects many cities and growers from Fresno to the Oregon border, including 212 public water systems.

Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too.

A robust monitoring program is essential to ensure the success of the project to remove four aging hydropower dams on the Klamath River. More than $450 million has been allocated, but little has been allocated to fund the science to evaluate the project.

California is not doing a good job of tracking changes to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its watershed. That’s making it even tougher to manage the water that is available for the benefit of the state’s communities, economy and environment.

The commission, in a marathon session today, killed a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach that’s been debated for more than 20 years.

California water use is going up despite repeated calls for conservation, increasing penalties and pressure on Gov. Newsom.

Ignoring urgent pleas from water officials, Californians used substantially more water after a record-dry three months gripped the state.

Brookfield-Poseidon’s proposed Huntington Beach Ocean Desalination Project would help ensure reliability of the state’s long-term water supplies and ecosystem health.

Less expensive, more equitable alternatives to Brookfield-Poseidon’s proposed facility could keep water taps flowing in Southern California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom takes a stance on decommissioning the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and Poseidon's Huntington Beach desalination plant.