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State-of-the-art helicopter-based technology and local coordination improve management of our underground water supply.

With better infrastructure and “spongy” green spaces, urban areas have made progress but should be soaking up way more free stormwater.

Rapid declines are most common in aquifers under croplands in drier regions, including California, the most extensive analysis of groundwater trends so far shows.

A commentary discusses the need to accelerate California's planning for the wet years that are bound to happen.

The driest three-year period on record gave way to a series of atmospheric rivers early in the year that pummeled the state.

With above-average reservoir levels, El Niño, and a dry start to the water year, California is preparing for flood or dry conditions in the months ahead.

Though the Sacramento Valley has relatively abundant surface-water supplies, groundwater is also key for many of its communities and farms.

A wet winter in western states provided a short-term reprieve to the decades-long drought in the reservoir.

Much recent attention towards groundwater sustainability has focused on the heavily overdrafted San Joaquin Valley. However, the Sacramento Valley also needs to bring its groundwater basins into balance and avoid significant undesirable results of pumping.

A recent 23-year-and-counting megadrought on the overallocated Colorado River has led to significant cutbacks for Arizona and junior water rights holders. Could a desalination plant help?