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Deep Drought Stirred Action on California’s Right To Water
Pioneering water law gained relevance in dry weather for solving…
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Could Insurance Markets Help Water Utilities Respond to Drought?
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Drought restrictions and wet summers shake utility budgets. Researchers…
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2015 Biggest Trends: Water Scarcity Rises to Top Global Concern
After a year of deep droughts, worsening pollution, rising sea…
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Lighting Small Fires As Cure to Catastrophic Blazes in California
Prescribed burns tested in Klamath Mountains.
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California Closes 33 Injection Wells Used to Dump Oilfield Waste into Aquifers
Hundreds more wells face closure in the next 16 months, while…
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Fish Screens Are Part of The Answer to Saving Sacramento River Salmon
Out of social confrontation over water and fish in California…
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Here Comes the Sea: The Struggle to Keep the Ocean out of California’s Coastal Aquifers
Farm districts preserve fresh groundwater with recycled wastewater
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California Groundwater Law Tests State’s Capacity to Oversee A Vital Resource
A year after passage, California begins building a new regulatory…
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Catalyst: California Series Sketches Blueprint for Drought Response
Strategies must bridge political jurisdictions and reflect local water conditions.
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The Fall and Potential Rise of California’s San Joaquin Valley
Groundwater pumping is reshaping California’s farm belt.
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Slowly, With Earth Pushing Hard, A Confederacy Of Concern Develops
Circle of Blue Senior Editor Keith Schneider discusses how new energy-efficient, water-conserving, land-protecting operating principles are slowly becoming priorities around the world.
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Effective Responses to Global Water Crisis Are Largely Local
With exceptions like California and Australia, regions and cities shape resilient adaptations to water security.