Water

The large storm that hit the West Coast last week added to reservoirs in Northern California but officials say the drought is far from over.

A Trump-era change to the 1971 Clean Water Act which restricted state and tribal voices in large water projects has been overturned by a federal court.

Healdsburg cut its water use nearly in half in August, compared to the same time last year. Californians overall saved just 5%, and that's after Gov. Gavin Newsom asked everyone to voluntarily reduce their water sue by 15% back in July.

County officials say illegal cannabis operations are sprouting up all over Jackson County, outpacing local code and law enforcement efforts.

California's farmers, the country's biggest producers of fruits and vegetables, are facing a major shakeup. A new law limits their access to water from the state's depleted aquifers.

Homes in rural areas of the Klamath Basin have lost running water as their wells fail. Part of the reason: more farmers and ranchers are pumping water from underground than any other year, because they didn’t get any irrigation water from a nearby lake.

Air-to-water technology is seen as one way to help solve Warm Springs reservation's water woes.

As the California drought grips the state, the state's deserts have become a hotbed for water theft.

Growers’ groups voiced strong opposition, questioning the water board’s power to stop senior rights holders from pumping the water.

Suffering severe drought, the state’s water board is poised to prevent thousands of growers and others from pumping water from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. The state lost a lawsuit with irrigation districts during the last drought.

In recent weeks, protests have roiled Siskiyou County. They’ve focused on an officer-involved shooting of a local Southeast Asian American man and restrictions on water used to grow illegal marijuana. Those water restrictions could be voted into law on August 3rd.

California's farmers are pumping vast amounts of water from underground aquifers this year to make up for water they can't get from rivers. It's unsustainable, and the state is moving to stop it.