Growing Returns: Western Water

What EDF's diversity fellow learned about water challenges facing disadvantaged communities in California.

We can’t wait to roll up our sleeves to help effectively implement Prop. DD and usher in this important new era for water funding and resilience in Colorado.

Imperial County declares emergency at Salton Sea as state pledges to jumpstart projects.

Tour EDF’s Colorado River Basin story map to better understand the importance of sustainable groundwater management.

SGMA is prompting local leaders to consider a host of new activities to balance their groundwater budgets. But as they focus on supply, they shouldn’t forget about water quality.

This Arizona farm combines tribal traditions with modern practices to increase the resilience of its operation. Here's how.

Arizona just got another temporary reprieve from water cuts in Lake Mead, for the second year in a row. However, sustainable water management — of both the Colorado River and groundwater — remains crucial to becoming resilient to increasingly arid conditions in the Southwest.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed long-overdue legislation to dedicate up to $130 million a year to provide clean, affordable drinking water to more than 1 million Californians who still lack access to this vital resource. The legislation creates the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund to help cash-strapped, smaller water systems, which primarily serve rural, low-income communities.

The game shows players that it isn’t easy to manage competing interests while balancing groundwater supply and demand. But doing so will be necessary to comply with SGMA and ultimately ensure that California is more resilient to drought and finite groundwater supplies in the face of climate change.

What’s next for California’s Central Valley? Even with water cutbacks, the region can still thrive. Here’s how.

New Arizona bill will create an inclusive, locally driven, science-based stakeholder process to help solve groundwater challenges in two rural counties