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Protecting San Pascual Park: Draft EIR is out. Help us protect an irreplaceable environmental treasure
May 4, 2026
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Pasadena/South Pasadena Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project was released today. The 1300-page document shows a project that is basically the same as the one that the San Pascual Community of Highland...
The Hippie Mayor and the Fight to Save the Coast: Inside the Early California Coastal Commission
May 4, 2026
Frank Egger shares his personal experience shaping the California Coastal Commission
In Memoriam - Chuck Gooley
May 4, 2026
Chuck was one of the founding members of this Water Committee. From the beginning he helped set up our first website and handled all things HTML. He was also our map builder and the direct conduit to the GIS Committee, with which he helped us...
Have You Ever Heard of the Golden Trout – California’s State Fish?
May 4, 2026
Mountain meadows serve as a key habitat for many inland native trout species across the West. Unfortunately for California’s inland trout populations, some sixty percent of meadow habitat in the Sierra Nevada—home to eight distinct native trout...
With Snowpacks Shrinking, California Needs Local Water Solutions
May 4, 2026
For anybody who skis, the plight of California’s snowpack this year is no surprise. Resorts up and down the state closed sooner than expected this year, some as early as mid-March.
Tap Water is Affordable; Customers Cannot Afford to Defer Investment
May 4, 2026
Water is one of California’s most essential shared resources. Every day, communities depend on safe and reliable drinking water, yet the systems that make that possible are often overlooked. Keeping water affordable while strengthening these systems...
Wading into Data Centers
May 4, 2026
Data centers have existed since the Internet, but new ones are now being built in response to Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Cadiz Inc.'s Painful Last Two Years
May 4, 2026
For two punishing years, Cadiz Inc. has watched the prospects of its desert damaging Mojave Desert water mining project steadily dim. Water districts have concluded that the water mining project is unsustainable since Cadiz Inc. would drain much...
Water, Environmental Racism, and Reproductive Justice
May 4, 2026
The quality of water we have access to and drink is inextricably linked to our health, and many common drinking water contaminants can cause reproductive health impacts for women. Yet in Los Angeles, as across the Country and globe, communities of...
