Featured in Los Angeles Times
What Is the Right Length of Time for the California Drought Shower?
On mornings that are chilly by Los Angeles standards, Camilo Loza sometimes takes a hot shower before heading to the gym.
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As Water Runs Short in California, Commission Rejects $1.4 Billion Desalination Plant
As California battles a historic drought and a water crisis looms, the state’s coastline protection agency on Thursday unanimously rejected the development of a $1.4 billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach that would have converted ocean water into municipal water for Orange County residents.
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California Drought: Water Usage Jumps 19% In March Despite Newsom’s Plea for Savings
The message about California’s need for water savings isn’t being heard. Despite a deepening drought often compared to the miserably dry years of the late 1970s, state residents are conserving far less than the 15% Gov. Gavin Newsom has requested, and in most cases, have started using even more water than they have in the past.
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In the Face of Megadroughts, L.A. is Transforming How it Uses Water
After the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California told 6 million residents on Wednesday that they can water their lawns only once a week, the district’s general manager declared it a wake-up call: “The amount of water we have available to us right now,” he said at a press conference, “is not going to be enough to carry us through the entire year unless we do something different.”
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To Survive Drought, Parts of SoCal Must Cut Water Use by 35%. The New Limit: 80 Gallons a Day
When the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California this week unveiled its strictest-ever water restrictions for about 6 million residents, it did so with an urgent goal in mind: a 35% reduction in water consumption, equating to an allocation of about 80 gallons per person per day.
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Water Emerges as Weapon of War in Ukraine and Beyond
At the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russian forces destroyed a concrete dam in southern Ukraine. Ukrainians had built the structure in 2014, after Russia illegally annexed Crimea, with the aim of blocking Dnieper River water that had flowed to Crimea since the Soviet era and diverting it to the Ukrainian city of Kherson.
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More Water Restrictions are Coming to Southern California. How to Conserve.
With the news that Southern California officials are imposing tough water-use restrictions on about 6 million people, many of us are looking for practical ways to conserve.
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New East Bay Water Restrictions: What Residents Need to Know
The East Bay Municipal Utility District’s decision Tuesday to slash water usage means that residents of parts of Contra Costa and Alameda counties will have to take certain steps to help the state’s worsening drought crisis.
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California Drought in Third Year
When not enough rain falls, farmers can’t grow food because the soil is too dry. Prolonged drought leads to famine and a slow death for millions. East Africa, Central Asia, large parts of India, China, Turkey, and Russia are suffering droughts. So is the American Southwest.
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Drought Boon or Boondoggle? Critics Blast Poseidon Desalination Plan as Crucial Vote Looms
Among the many complex arguments over water in California, one particularly heated debate centers on whether the state should seek more drinking water from a plentiful but expensive source: the Pacific Ocean.
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Opinion: The Good News in California’s Growing Water Crisis
Severe drought. Dying fish. Fallowed farmland. Disappearing groundwater. Failing wells. Communities without safe drinking water.
Even longtime observers of California’s water challenges are increasingly distressed by the problems that are piling up.
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Study Details How to Reduce Urban Water Use for Potential Drought Relief Throughout CA
The Pacific Institute said innovative strategies could provide drought relief and long term water resilience.
