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Scientific data and shared commitments help define new approaches to water management and science communication.

Record snowfall has not been enough to offset groundwater losses amid long-term drying and a heightened demand for the resource.

Precipitation could boost the iconic river’s flow in the next couple of decades despite the deleterious effects of warming temperatures due to climate change.

WWAO looks ahead to new Earth data and new relationships with decision makers.

After years of swinging extremes, state snowpack is at rare average of 110%, setting up good water savings account for year ahead.

A WWAO collaboration has published a new paper on how to use next-generation satellite snow data to improve seasonal water supply forecasts using machine learning.

Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become the norm.

Using remote-sensing data and machine learning, a team from NASA and beyond finds that switching to lower-intensity crops can reduce water consumption in California’s Central Valley by 93%, but this requires adopting uncommon crop types.

Does the public sector need the private sector’s help to address the freshwater crisis? 

Resurrected for the first time in decades by an epic deluge of winter rain and snow, by spring the lake covered more than 100,000 acres, stretching over cotton, tomato and pistachio fields and miles of roads.