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Drought March 15, 2024 5:58 pm

California proposes delaying rules to reduce lawn watering, concerning environmentalists

The rules would apply to water agencies, not individual households. Water agencies had been asking for more time to comply, which regulators have proposed until 2024.

Leo Ortega and his wife walk around their property, surrounded by blue agave plants, in Murrieta, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Ortega started growing blue agave plants on the hillsides of his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. Today, his property is littered with what some say could be a promising new crop for water-challenged California. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Drought November 5, 2023 12:49 pm

Californians bet farming agave for spirits holds key to weathering drought and groundwater limits

Some California entrepreneurs and farmers are betting agave could be a promising crop for weathering drought.

This aerial view shows the All-American Canal along the US-Mexico border near Holtville, California, on February 9, 2023. – A blanket of crops covers the floor of the Imperial Valley in southern California, a patchwork of vibrant greens given life by the Colorado River in a landscape bleached by the desert sun.
But as a decades-long drought dessicates the US West and the once-mighty river dwindles, questions are being asked about why a handful of farmers are allowed to take as much water as all of Nevada and Arizona combined. (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER / AFP) (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

Drought May 22, 2023 5:18 pm

Arizona, California and Nevada Offer Water Usage Cuts

Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a deal to significantly cut their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years.

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