New purification facility will take water from toilet to tap
Most people don’t like to think about flushing the toilet and having that same water come out of the tap. But...
Can a controversial desalination plant ease California's drought?
Spurred on by the western megadrought, the California Coastal Commission is expected to vote this week on a controversial...
California drought requires water rationing
Millions of California residents risk lacking water for essential use in the near future if they do not start rationing...
Out of control wildfires force thousands to flee their homes in Southern California
Relentless wildfires in Southern California have forced thousands of people to evacuate and threaten over 12,000...
This house made of drought-felled wood is a water-saving wonder
California's extreme droughts are so dire that students at UC Davis have designed an impressive solar-powered home...
California storms could herald the end of punishing historic drought
Californians may finally receive some relief from the drought they've grappled with for five brutal years. Recent...
Lead pipes in Flint, Michigan are finally being replaced
Months after the Flint, Michigan water crisis emerged, residents still can't obtain clean drinking water straight...
More than 100 million California trees dead due to drought
Drought-stricken California is now facing another dire problem: dying trees. The U.S. Forest Service just reported...
NASA warns of a 99% chance the US southwest will suffer a decades-long megadrought
Scientists are predicting a devastating megadrought to hit the southwestern US states, which will be far worse...
Over 82,000 people evacuated as wildfire engulfs Southern California
Yesterday a fire started near San Bernardino in Southern California. In just one hour, the fire leaped from two...
713 trillion gallons of water discovered under drought-stricken California
Stanford University researchers just discovered a giant reservoir of water deep underneath California’s Central...
Donald Trump believes California farmers who say "there is no drought"
Climate denier Donald Trump makes no bones about the fact that he doesn’t believe humans are contributing to...
Could wealthy Californians opt out of water conservation?
El Niño has come and gone. Though one of the strongest in history, the most recent El Niño event did not provide...
The 12 most jaw-dropping Inhabitat stories of 2015
This year proved the age-old maxim: buyer beware. Not only did we discover that herbal supplements may not contain...
California's new $1 billion desalination plant produces 50 million gallons of water a day
After 20 years of planning, the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant began operations on Monday,...
