The Merced Irrigation District, a regional water authority in the San Joaquin Valley, is suing the State of California over a plan to divert water from the Merced River watershed to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta for fish and downstate use.
California is likely to impose new urban water restrictions in the coming months as the ongoing drought continues to worsen, according to officials. Though there were a few small storms earlier in the fall, and there is flooding in the
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted Tuesday to declare a water shortage emergency amid a crushing drought in the state that threatens water supplies throughout the region, slapping a 5% surcharge on water users in the city.
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s embrace of “climate change” as an existential threat has led to policies that destroy farms in a state that feeds more Americans than any other.
Farmers who have been hurt by Democrat California Gov. Newsom’s water policies are ready to vote yes in the September 14 recall election.
D.C. Water has issued a boil water advisory after a crew fixing a pipeline could have allowed containminants to seep into the water supply.
The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) announced an emergency order Tuesday to stop 86% of water rights holders in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed from pumping water, amid extreme drought.
“I want to be the first good governor we’ve had in a very long period of time,” said Larry Elder of his campaign for governor in California.
Tokyo Olympic organizers are scrambling to clean the local Odaiba Marine Park before its use as an official Olympic venue starting July 26 after local residents and Olympic athletes complained this week the park and its surrounding bay emit a “foul odor,” Australia’s Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.
Police in Japan arrested a 53-year-old woman on Sunday for attempting to extinguish the Tokyo Olympics’ torch with a water gun as it was relayed through the city of Mito, the Tokyo Reporter, a local Japanese news site, reported on Tuesday.
Farmers struggling in the California drought are shaking almonds off their trees to save the trees themselves, according to Victor Davis Hanson, a farmer and conservative commentator.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is fluent in globalist rhetoric, including the language of the environmentalist movement, but in reality it remains the gravest threat to the Earth’s atmosphere and ecosystems.
According to a recent report, federal prosecutors have indicted a Kansas man for allegedly accessing the computer system of the public water system and altering the process for cleaning customers’ drinking water.
The State of California faces another potential drought, as state and federal authorities have warned water users that cuts are imminent and that they should implement conservation measures.
San Diego’s plan to turn sewage into drinking water using so-called “toilet-to-tap” technology has cleared the last regulatory hurdles and could begin operation by 2025.
Neighbors in Diboll, Texas, are thanking crew members working hard to restore utilities following the severe winter storm.
Experts concluded this week that lead and nickel content in drinking water was the primary cause of a “mysterious illness” affecting nearly 600 people in India’s southeastern Andhra Pradesh state in recent days.
Californians could desalinate sea water, put out fires, and spur a rural renaissance. Or they could keep doing what AOC and the greens want.
An anonymous Arkansas donor paid the overdue water bills for an entire town, sparing customers facing disconnection from being behind on their payments on Monday.
Residents of Havana denounced the Cuban government in a report Tuesday revealing they have often spent as long as two weeks without access to running water in the past three months amid the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
A Camden, New Jersey, community came together behind a 16-year-old after he was robbed by a group of thieves while selling water.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti threatened “non-essential” businesses Tuesday that if they do not obey the city’s “stay at home” order to close during the pandemic crises, he will cut off their water and their electricity.
The number of cases of the Chinese coronavirus in communist Cuba is continuing to rise as its population faces the pandemic without widespread access to hygienic essentials such as soap and clean water.
A Holocaust-denying Iranian religious leader has ruled that it is permissible for Muslims to use an Israeli vaccine for coronavirus — which has yet to be developed — if there is no substitute.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said that the environment in the U.S. is the best it has ever been since its initial tracking 50 years ago.
Marine Maj. William Easter made it his “moral obligation” to dive into the dangerous, choppy seas to save a pregnant Okinawa woman who was drowning.
Federal officials have ordered the closure and drainage of the Anderson Reservoir, the main reservoir supplying water to Silicon Valley, because of engineers’ concern that the structure would be unstable in an earthquake and subject to “catastrophic” collapse.
A recent Texas plane crash was caused by a gender reveal stunt gone wrong, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Friday.
The Trump administration issued a new scientific opinion Tuesday that suggests increased water pumping in state and federal irrigation systems will not hurt fish and other marine wildlife in the California Delta.
New York City is so out of control that, in two separate incidents, punks are allowed to assault NYPD cops with water and water buckets without facing consequences.
The internationally-recognized Libyan government over the weekend accused an armed group loyal to renegade Gen. Khalifa Haftar of shutting off water for two days, ending on Tuesday, to areas in and around Tripoli, further tormenting residents already reeling from weeks of fighting.
Democrats continue to use water problems in Flint, Michigan, as a campaign line, but a new report suggests that their own policies and mismanagement are responsible for the city’s failure to replace lead pipes in the local water system.
Venezuelans are now experiencing chronic shortages of water as regular blackouts and prolonged power outages continue to choke the country’s basic ability to function, raising further fears about the severity of the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis.
The Trump administration sued California’s State Water Resourced Control Board (SWRCB) in federal court in Sacramento on Thursday, escalating a legal war over the fate of the water in the San Joaquin River valley system.
New desalination and water recycling technology, combined with wise management and political cooperation, hold out new hope for California’s water.
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday in his first “State of the State” address that he would be cutting the California WaterFix, also known as the “Twin Tunnels,” from one tunnel to two.
California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed his first budget for the state on Friday, and it includes a tax on drinking water. The budget, titled “California for All,” declares drinking water a “fundamental right,” and adds: “The Budget includes short-term measures
“Republic of Thirst” is a three-part series made possible by a generous fellowship from the Robert Novak Foundation. Part I of examined the debate over how California’s scarce water resources should be allocated. Part III will examine whether those resources can
California’s State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) voted Wednesday to approve the Bay-Delta plan, which will re-allocate water from farms and cities to the environment in an effort to restore dwindling fish numbers.
Outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown will not be in office to see his “twin tunnels” project completed — if it is ever begun at all — after the state’s Department of Water Resources withdrew a key certification last Friday.
