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March 1, 2019

Featured in KPCC

Push for Salton Sea Restoration Stalls Drought Plans in the West — We Get the Latest

A Southern California irrigation district with the highest-priority rights to water from a major Western river is using its power to demand federal funds to restore the state’s largest lake, hoping to capitalize on one of its best opportunities yet to tackle a long-standing environmental and human health hazard.

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December 29, 2018

Featured in San Francisco Chronicle

California’s Droughts Hurt Fight Against Climate Change. Study Tells Us Why

Recent droughts across the West have belted drinking-water supplies, withered crops and fanned deadly wildfires.They’ve also squeezed hydroelectric facilities…

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December 21, 2018

Featured in National Geographic

An Unexpected Side Effect of Drought: Higher Carbon Emissions.

During the darkest days of the drought that has gripped the western U.S. since the early 2000s, fires raged and crops withered…

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June 4, 2018

Featured in the Mercury News

Lawrence Berkeley Scientists Find a Cool Way to Save Water

Saving water may be as simple as changing the type of roof you have, two scientists in Berkeley discovered…

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May 23, 2018

Featured in Desert Sun

Heavy Pumping Strains Desert Water Supply

Water pumped from hundreds of wells has transformed the desert of the Coachella Valley into a lush patchwork…

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May 21, 2018

Featured in The Hill

A Recipe for War: Soon, 40 Percent of People Will Live in Water-stressed Regions

If the preciousness and precariousness of freshwater eludes many of us, the immediate future will likely afford far fewer that privilege…

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April 17, 2018

Featured in Pew

Drought Returns to Huge Swaths of U.S., Fueling Fears of a Thirsty Future

Less than eight months after Hurricane Harvey pelted the Texas Gulf Coast with torrential rainfall …

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April 16, 2018

Featured in Reno Gazette

The ‘New Normal’? Sierra Snow Drought Endures Despite ‘Miracle’ March

The series of March storms that slammed the Sierra Nevada made skiers and snowboarders …

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March 22, 2018

Featured in National Geographic

From Not Enough to Too Much, the World’s Water Crisis Explained

Many more cities than Cape Town face an uncertain future over water. But there are emerging …

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March 15, 2018

Featured in Mother Jones

This is What a West Without Water Will Look Like

The Southwest United States is wrapping up an abnormally dry winter. Nearly all of Utah, New Mexico…

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February 16, 2018

Featured in the Bulletin

Day Zero: Lessons from Cape Town’s Crisis

Cape Town, South Africa, has been in the news a lot lately, due to its water crisis, labeled “Day Zero.” …

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February 15, 2018

Featured in Japan Times

For the Growing Global Water Crisis, Climate Change May be the Last Straw

Before man-made climate change kicked in — and well before Cape Town’s “Day Zero”, where…

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February 12, 2018

Featured in the Mercury News

California Drought: Water Conservation Slipping Statewide as Dry Weather Returns

As California suffers through another dry winter, increasing fears that drought conditions may be…

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February 6, 2018

Featured in LA Curbed

Cape Town is Running Out of Water. Is Los Angeles Next?

There’s an expression in Afrikaans, n boer maak a plan, which roughly translates to “a farmer makes…

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February 1, 2018

Featured in Quartz

Cape Town’s Water Restrictions Now Limit Residents to Absolute Minimum Needed for Survival

Cape Town is trying to make a little bit of water go a long way. Its reservoirs are down…

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January 8, 2018

Featured in Reno Gazette

Reno’s Warming Trend Continued in 2017 and Hindered Snowfall

Last year was the wettest on record in Reno and among the warmest. The 13.73 inches of precipitation…

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Guide for Developing Onsite Water Systems to Support Regional Water Resilience

Stakeholder Engagement Guide For Nature-Based Solutions

Advancing Affordability through Water Efficiency

Left Out in Drought: California Fish

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