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DUNNIGAN, YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA-Jan. 21, 2023-Snow geese rest and feed in a flooded farm field near Dunnigan, CA where farmers are part of a project to recharge underground aquifers. The water is allowed to percolate into the ground to replenish the aquifers, while also providing habitat for threatened shore birds and other birds. Snow geese spend winters in warm parts of North America, then head north in the summers. Officials from the CA state Department of Water Resources are working with farmers on a project to recharge the underground aquifers. The water is allowed to percolate into the ground to replenish the aquifers, while also providing habitat for threatened shore birds and other birds. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Winter storms boost Central Valley water supplies, but aquifer levels remain depleted

NASA satellites have measured a large gain in California water supplies, but groundwater in the Central Valley remains severely depleted after years of drought.

A satellite view of the Sierra Nevada covered in snow

Where will all that snow go? Here’s what California’s “Big Melt” looks like

An irrigation canal that feeds rice fields in Knights Landing, California on August 3, 2021.

‘Improvised, spotty and belated’: Will California reform its oversight of water rights?

BUCKEYE, ARIZONA OCT. 10, 2022. The Central Arizona Project Canal runs beside a community in the suburbs of North Phoenix. Development projects envisioning thousands of new homes around Phoenix now are in question because of lack of water. Dwindling Colorado River water is delivered to Central Arizona, one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the U.S., via the Central Arizona Project Canal. River flows are at historic lows due to warmer and drier conditions caused by climate change. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Water concerns prompt new limits on growth in Arizona

San Joaquin Valley, CA, Thursday, March 30, 2023 - A vehicle braves the flooded Garces Highway as the Tulare Lake basin continues to swell following record rainfall. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Majority of Californians fear worsening weather swings due to climate change, poll finds

Can this $24 device help you be more water-wise? We decided to find out

Opinion: How to dig your way out of climate grief

Supreme Court scales back clean water protections. What does it mean for California?

Audit finds California water agency not adequately considering climate change in forecasts

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Bakersfield, CA, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - Chevron is preparing for flooding at its giant Kern River Oil Field north of Bakersfield by isolating wells, draining pipelines, turning off electrical power, and armoring levees with rip rap. The Kern River watershed is estimated to be holding snow equivalent to three times the amount of water that Lake Isabella, northeast of the oil field, can hold. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Chevron scrambles to batten down oil fields amid threat of Kern River flooding

In areas where pumpjacks bob along the banks of the Kern River, Chevron has been shutting down oil wells, pipelines and electrical power.

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