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Measuring Progress Toward Universal Access to Water and Sanitation in California: Defining Goals, Indicators, and Performance Measures

In 2012, California’s Human Right to Water was passed, calling for safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water for all citizens. Yet while this statute has served as the touchstone for drinking water and sanitation efforts in the state, access to this basic right remains unrealized in many California communities.

Water Is Free. Why Do Americans Spend Billions on the Bottled Stuff?

Peter Gleick Awarded 2018 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization

Water, Security, and Conflict

This issue brief summarizes the current understanding of water and security threats and their links to conflict, migration, and food insecurity.

Water Is a Source of Growing Tension and Violence in the Middle East

In the hot, dry Middle East, where populations are growing rapidly and all major rivers cross political borders, water has become a focal point for escalating violence. From the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Turkey...

The Water Crises Aren’t Coming—They’re Here

San Francisco Is Fighting California’s Plan to Save Salmon. Wait. What?

Integrating Water Efficiency into Long‐Term Demand Forecasting

Per capita water use in the United States has fallen by more than 40% since the 1970s. In some areas, reductions in per capita water use have offset continued population and economic growth, such that total water use has remained constant or even declined.

5 Easy Ways to Eliminate Plastic From Your Travels

Capturing Stormwater and Other Worthwhile Pursuits

Survival of North America’s Desert Wetlands Depends on Lake Mead

Audubon Urges California to Implement New Salton Sea Funds

How Communities Are Turning Stormwater From a Liability to an Asset

In Deep Water: Water Economy is Threatened by Climate Change

Southern California’s Coastal Communities Could Lose 130 Feet of Cliffs This Century as Sea Levels Rise

Lawrence Berkeley Scientists Find a Cool Way to Save Water

Stormwater Capture in California: Innovative Policies and Funding Opportunities

Stormwater has traditionally been managed to mitigate flooding and protect water quality. However, its potential as a local water supply has gained recent attention in water-stressed areas. As climate change increases the risk of both floods and droughts in California, urban stormwater capture also offers a significant opportunity to enhance community resilience.

Scientists Track the Role of Water Resources in Global Conflicts

How the Colorado River’s Future Could Hinge on a Little-known California Election

California’s Only Sea is Dying and Now Threatening Children

Heavy Pumping Strains Desert Water Supply

Bottled Water and the Damage Done: Coping With Plastic Pollution

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

County to Host Workshop on Water Import Projects

California Moves Closer to Crafting Specific Water Caps for Urban Districts