WATER

Water is one of the most vital resources on the planet that all life depends on. Please find articles on water as water relates to global warming, severe storms, droughts, water rationing, water security and water assurity.

WATER ARTICLES

Water Rate Hike in Rural Town Becomes Tax Battle Royale | Maria Dinezo | Courthouse News Service | May 5th, 2020

How Pespi and Coke make millions bottling tap water, as residents face shutoffs | Ryank Felton | The Guardian | April 23rd, 2020

Supreme Court rules beaches can be protected from sewage that flows underground | David G. Savage | LA Times | April 23rd, 2020

‘Megadrought’ in the West could become worst drought in history, scientists say | Maddie Capron | The Sacramento Bee | April 20th, 2020

Droughts exposed California’s thirst for groundwater. Now, the state hopes to refill its aquifers | Erik Stokstad | Science AAAS | Apr. 16th, 2020

Megadrought Conditions Not Seen for 400+ Years Have Returned to the West, Scientists Say | Kevin Stark | KQED | April 16th, 2020

Congress calls on Nestle to answer for its water-bottling practices in California and beyond | Mark Olalde | Desert Sun | March 6th, 2020

‘The water wars have begun.’ Some wonder how water plan will impact Merced County farms | Abbie Lauten-Scrivner | Merced Sun-Star | December 15th, 2019

Wine Moguls Destroy Land And Pay Small Fines As Cost Of Business, Say Activists | Alastair Bland | NPR | November 18th, 2019

Sonoma County drills wells to study groundwater sustainability | Guy Kovner | Press Democrat | November 11th, 2019

Race to the Bottom | Rich Pauloo | September 30th, 2020

Opinion: Expand California groundwater regulation statewide | Sandi Matsumoto | Mercury News | September 27th, 2019

The Water Wars of Arizona | Noah Gallagher Shannon | The New York Times | July 19th, 2018

San Juan Capistrano - Prop 218 | Stanford - Water in the West | October 10th, 2013