Water

Almost 400 suppliers, two-thirds in communities of color, don’t meet safety and reliability standards. Fixing them would cost billions.

California’s water rights remain a major bone of legal and political contention as the larger struggle over water allocation continues.

The dam repairs would store more water and protect the public, but legislators and the governor, facing a huge deficit, cut $50 million.

A Los Angeles County resident argues that clean tap water should be a right, no matter what neighborhood you live in. After years living with brown water, her community helped force a takeover of the local district.

A new University of California study predicts that a combination of factors, including climate change, will reduce California's water supply. How will the state take action to make it more resilient?

Despite many laudable programs and well-intentioned efforts, California lacks a full-fledged statewide strategy for conserving native freshwater species in the face of climate change. California needs a new approach.

The notion of bypassing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to move water from Northern California to Southern California has been kicking around for decades. It finally seems to be approaching the critical moment.

California water regulators are cracking down on the overuse of groundwater by farmers. Enforcement could prompt them to idle thousands of acres of farmland and poses larger questions about what will happen to the affected fields.

Water suppliers say the costs will be massive, with rates increasing for many consumers. Known as the “Erin Brockovich” chemical, hexavalent chromium is found statewide.

State officials, for the first time, put a local groundwater basin on probation to stop overuse. The order triggers hefty fees and mandatory reporting of well use.