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Napa Valley Residents Fed Up After Years of Brown, Foul-Smelling Water

St. Helena residents have dealt with seasonal bouts of brown, foul-smelling water for decades, but the problem has become increasingly frequent over the past year, with residents saying it now smells like swamp water.

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Lake Tahoe Expected to Fill Up This Spring, For the First Time Since 2019

Above-average snowpack in the Lake Tahoe basin has helped to fill up Lake Tahoe, which will be able to meet water demand for the next three years.

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Enormous New NorCal Reservoir Project Moves Forward With Federal Loan

The state of California is getting set to forge ahead with constructing a huge new reservoir in Colusa County that would be capable of storing enough water to supply three million households, and it just got the green light from the feds.

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S.F. Public Utilities Commission Asks You (Yes You) To Quit Using So Much Water

Brace yourselves, folks: the worst drought conditions in California history have become a reality inside San Francisco's myopic distortion zone. In an announcement today, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has

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Gov. Brown Issues State Of Emergency For San Francisco Due To Rim Fire

Due to the effects of the "Rim Fire" raging in Tuolumne County, Governor Jerry Brown announced late Friday a state of emergency for the city and county of San Francisco. Why?