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Millions of Southern Californians will wake up to the region’s most severe water restrictions ever on June 1, with local water agencies under orders to slash the use of supplies from the State Water Project by 35%. Many water experts say that the cuts are achievable and that reducing outdoor watering to one day a […]
A sprinkler runs and water flows down a driveway in Sacramento on Aug. 15, 2014. Get ready for a summer of brown lawns, water cops and even public shaming. The stakes of California’s devastating drought got a lot higher on Tuesday, when state water officials announced that residents and businesses used nearly 19% more water […]
The California Coastal Commission recently recommended denying approval of a Huntington Beach based desalination plant that would produce 50 million gallons of drinking water per day, enough for 16% of the homes in the Orange County Water District, where 2.5 million people live. The company making the $1.4 billion proposal, Poseidon Water, has operated a […]
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. The debate has reached a critical stage in Huntington Beach, where Poseidon Water has been trying for more than two decades to build […]
The giant Metropolitan Water District imposed first-ever restrictions today. Some suppliers in Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties will limit watering of lawns to once a week to ease the burden on the drought-stricken state aqueduct. Unprecedented water restrictions are in store for about 6 million Southern Californians, a sign of deepening drought in […]
