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Reporter focusing on water and climate change in California and the West, Los Angeles Times

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Heavy rains this winter and spring sent torrential flows down creeks and rivers, and L.A. County managed to capture a significant amount of that stormwater: an estimated 96 billion gallons — enough to supply nearly one-fourth of the county’s population for a year. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-11/los-angeles-stormwater-capture

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'A good bounce up': After years of pervasive declines, groundwater levels rose significantly in much of California last year. Still, the gains only partially recouped the big losses during the previous two years of severe drought. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-07/california-aquifers-boosted-by-a-wet-year-recharge-efforts

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Inside the elaborate fish-capture operation California depends on to keep water flowing

I visited the state's pumps and fish-collecting facilities to learn more about how the half-century-old infrastructure — including a reservoir that some call a "death trap" for fish — has been limiting pumping: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-02/inside-the-california-operation-to-keep-water-flowing

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President Biden is expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by nearly a third, adding more than 100,000 acres to the protected area. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-02/biden-expands-san-gabriel-mountains-national-monument

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Prosecutors have accused a local irrigation official of masterminding the theft of $25 million worth of water. The story of one of the most audacious and long-running water heists in California history. Tremendous reporting by my colleague Jessica Garrison: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-28/san-joaquin-valley-official-accused-of-epic-california-water-heist

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About 500,000 hatchery-raised salmon were released into the Klamath River last week. Indigenous leaders said they expect these fish will flourish when they migrate back upstream in a few years to spawn in a free-flowing river. "They're a symbol of hope." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-21/klamath-river-salmon-released

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For the first time, California water regulators are cracking down on a farming region for failing to take steps to curb growers’ excessive pumping of groundwater, which has sent water levels into rapid decline and is causing the land to sink. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-16/california-tulare-lake-groundwater-probation

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Federal officials have discovered damage inside Glen Canyon Dam that could force limits on how much Colorado River water is released at low reservoir levels, raising risks the Southwest could face shortages that were previously unforeseen.

"Because of the dam’s design, there are real structural risks under low elevations that could potentially leave stranded as much water in Lake Powell as California’s largest reservoir. ... An engineering solution is preferable."
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-16/glen-canyon-dam-damaged-colorado-river

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Powerful pumps that send water flowing to California's cities and farms have killed several thousand threatened and endangered fish this year, prompting a coalition of environmental groups to demand that state and federal agencies take immediate steps to limit the “alarming levels” of deaths. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-08/california-steelhead-salmon-fish-losses-delta-pumps

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Salmon populations are struggling, bringing economic woes for California’s fishing fleet https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-31/california-salmon-fleet-fishery-struggles

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Reservoirs that once submerged valleys have been drained, revealing a stark landscape that had been underwater for generations. As dams are dismantled along the Klamath River, a parallel effort to restore the scarred watershed is taking root. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-24/klamath-river-restoration

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On , I'd like to share a few recent pieces about some of our water problems, as well as solutions, in California and other parts of the world:

Water-related conflicts are on the rise worldwide https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-12-28/water-related-conflicts-on-the-rise-worldwide

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ICYMI
How freeing rivers can help California ease flood risks and revive ecosystems
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-02-20/california-floodplain-restoration

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California water regulators are proposing new conservation rules that would require fewer suppliers to make large cuts and would lead to smaller water savings than originally planned. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-13/california-eases-requirements-of-water-conservation-rules

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As water rates rise, many people are struggling to pay. New federal legislation would establish a program to help low-income families with their bills and prevent shutoffs of water service. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-12/as-water-rates-soar-legislators-seek-funding-for-assistance

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For much of the last decade, almonds have been such a lucrative crop that growers and investment firms have poured money into planting new orchards across vast stretches of California farmland. Now, the almond boom has fizzled and the industry has entered a slump. Prices have dropped, and the state’s total almond acreage has started to decrease as growers have begun to tear out orchards and plant other crops. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-04/bankruptcy-hits-california-almond-industry-amid-slump

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The latest on the blizzard in the Sierra Nevada: 5-7 feet of snow and strong winds that prompted ski areas to close for the day https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-03/sierra-tahoe-mammoth-blizzard-skiing

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The powerful blizzard has shut down roads to Tahoe and Mammoth. Wind gusts reached 190 mph at Palisades Tahoe at an elevation of 8,700 feet, according to the National Weather Service. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-02/powerful-california-blizzard-shuts-tahoe-mammoth-roads-gusts-of-up-to-190-mph-reported

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Efforts to restore floodplains are expanding along California’s rivers. How making room for rivers can help ease flood risks and revive ecosystems: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-02-20/california-floodplain-restoration

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How California’s storms are projected to become more extreme with climate change https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-02-08/climate-change-california-flooding-storms

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From the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center:

Potential return of heavy precipitation and high elevation snow to California and Arizona, February 17-21, after a brief respite. cpc.ncep.noaa.gov

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L.A.’s monster storm was even worse in some areas than the alarming forecasts https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-07/la-me-storm-forecast

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"Rapid and accelerating groundwater declines are widespread but not inevitable. Declines can be slowed, stopped and even reversed, but much work needs to be done to address groundwater depletion." Here is the study in Nature by Scott Jasechko, Debra Perrone & colleagues: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06879-8 @Nature

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The research also found that in some areas efforts to address groundwater depletion are successfully curbing declines and boosting aquifer levels. "These cases suggest room for optimism that groundwater depletion is not inevitable." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-01-25/groundwater-depletion-is-worsening-worldwide

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Scientists just published the most extensive analysis to date of water levels in wells worldwide. They found that groundwater depletion is widespread and worsening in California and many food-growing regions. But they also found some areas where efforts are helping aquifers recover. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-01-25/groundwater-depletion-is-worsening-worldwide

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