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California Has a Lot More Water Than Some Think, New Stanford Study Suggests

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Shelby Grad

Drought-stricken California might have a hidden water bonanza. A Stanford University study released Monday said the state has three times more groundwater located in deep aquifers than earlier estimated.

The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said this water source is much deeper than traditional aquifers and that tapping it would likely require a lot of money and engineering expertise.

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Los Angeles Dispenses Free Recycled Water to Its Residents

/in /by /CityLab (Washington, D.C.)by Eillie Anzilotti

California may have lifted its emergency water-use restrictions in May, but that doesn’t mean the region’s dry spell has ended. It’s just no longer what Felicia Marcus of the state water board described to Time as “the-worst-snowpack-in-500-years drought.”

Now that the past year’s El Nino rainstorms have brought some life back into the west coast lands, California cities and residents are working to implement water conservation practices as a part of everyday life. A new program from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is one such case in point.

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