A conference for water-industry professionals scheduled this month in Venice, Italy, has landed at the center of an international political debate.
Late last year, California passed a new set of laws that would, for the first time, require the state to account for its groundwater resources and measure how much water is being used.
The cities of San Bernardino and Colton, CA, and a regional water treatment authority, are being sued by a collective of environmental groups because of the continuous killing of the Santa Ana suckers, a fish on the federal threatened species list.
Can advances in the laboratory reduce water-scarcity pressure?
Water conservation and a rise in supply costs compelled the Santa Barbara City Council to hike water rates in August.
California has a water-data scarcity problem and experts say utilities have a role in fixing that.
Critics are pushing back against a $16 billion proposal for water security in California, and state lawmakers targeted the plan, supported by Governor Jerry Brown, for a new audit this month.
Water utility revenue was a factor in California’s decision to relax strict conservation rules.
Los Angeles county is considering a “controversial plan” to jumpstart housing development in rural areas by allowing property owners to bring in their own sources of drinking water if no others can be found.
California has plans to regulate the water used by marijuana growers since their notoriously thirsty crop has long fallen outside the scope of regulatory oversight.
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