Department of Water Resources Archives

AS THE LUCAS FIRE tore through Mendocino and Lake Counties, two portable fire hydrants sprouted from Lake County’s Keeling Park, pumping water directly from Clear Lake. It was the first test of a homegrown solution to a problem the state is only beginning to reckon with: water systems never built to fight climate-fueled wildfire, with […]

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Lake County knows it will burn again. Its firefighters found a new way to get water

Will California ever build the Delta tunnel? Major battles loom as Newsom era nears end

Record heat melts Sierra snowpack early, raising California water supply concerns

Catch Me Up: Daily news roundup for May 15, 2025

‘Let’s get this built’: Newsom asks lawmakers to expedite Delta water tunnel construction

Wet winter brings increased water deliveries across state with reservoirs at average levels

Miles of Delta levees at risk of collapse in the next 25 years. Repairs could cost $3 billion

Searching for snow: Vast disparity between north and south amid lackluster rain season

‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: The long-awaited Delta tunnel puts fear in locals

Until the wells run dry: Why replenishing California’s groundwater is painfully slow

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