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Host Dave Schlom visits with environmental journalist Erica Gies about her new book, Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge. The San Francisco Bay area native chronicles the stories of "water detectives," scientific investigators trying to piece together how natural hydrologic systems functioned before human engineering disrupted them through damming, channeling and otherwise trying to control water.

Landowners living in a controversial proposed water district in Butte County have one more day to vote on whether the district should be formed.

Groups converged on California’s Capitol on Thursday to lobby for proposed laws to create more water equity.

Drought resilience depends on location but also extraordinary engineering — determining which California places are running out of water this year and which remain in good shape.

A drought emergency was declared in two northern California counties by California Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this week. This has many wondering about the future impacts of the state’s new drought on California, but what many don’t realize is that the state is still reeling from the impacts of the last one.

Although president Trump promised California growers more water by reserving less for the environment, the clouds haven’t cooperated. Officials yesterday…

Since the Oroville Dam Spillway crisis in 2017 and the Camp Fire the following year, there's been a lot of talk about whether or not a siren system could…

After the Camp Fire, damage and contamination to water lines in Paradise was extreme and considered nearly unprecedented. Just more than a year later,…

Two families of toxic industrial chemicals have shown up in the sources of water local utilities deliver to area households, according to a report by the…

The acronyms GSA, GSP and SGMA may not mean anything to you. But if you rely on a well for your water, it might be time to start paying attention. SGMA is…