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As general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Hagekhalil is responsible for ensuring water for 19 million people, leading the nation’s largest wholesale supplier ...
A new report from the nongovernmental organization Food and Water Watch details the extent to which both the agriculture and oil and gas industries impact water stability in California. Combined ...
The Quantification Settlement Agreement and the Salton Sea restoration have increasingly been discussed within the larger framework of the California water crisis in 2015. The use of water for agricultural purposes has been discussed and debated, as approximately 80% of all California water use can be attributed to agricultural needs, most ...
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a wholesaler for 26 regional agencies, sells treated water at roughly $1,200 per acre-foot, Mitchell said. (An acre-foot is approximately ...
River's End: California's Latest Water War is a 2021 American documentary film written and directed by Jacob Morrison. It follows the competition over California 's limited water resources amid worsening droughts , as well as the decline of freshwater ecosystems in the California Delta .
California is the only state with a groundwater law that includes provisions intended to protect groundwater-dependent ecosystems. But the law, adopted in 2014, gives considerable leeway to local ...
The organization was founded in 2008 in Los Angeles, by several college students who learned about the international water crisis and wanted to make a difference. [citation needed] In 2012, Thirst Project pledged to bring clean water to the entire Kingdom of eSwatini by 2022. [10]
The crisis has cast a harsh light on the state's ability to provide clean and affordable drinking water to all its residents, particularly those in the Central Valley, where widespread ...