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Katharine Mieszkowski

Senior Reporter and Producer

Katharine Mieszkowski is a senior reporter and producer for Reveal. She's also been a senior writer for Salon and Fast Company. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Slate and on NPR's "All Things Considered."

Her coverage has won national awards, including the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award two years in a row, an Online News Association Award, a Webby Award and a Society of Environmental Journalists Award. Mieszkowski has a bachelor's degree from Yale University. She is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.

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Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought

Rancho Santa Fe guzzler tops drought hall of shame

by Katharine Mieszkowski November 12, 2015December 15, 2015

Move over, Wet Prince of Bel Air. California has a new top residential water guzzler. Someone in Rancho Santa Fe, California, used 13.8 million gallons of water during the year ending Sept. 30, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune, enough for 110 typical homes.

Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought

Add Giants pitcher Matt Cain to the list of water guzzlers

by Katharine Mieszkowski and Lance Williams November 2, 2015December 15, 2015

A former Golden State Warrior and a former Safeway CEO also made the latest list of excessive water users released by the East Bay Municipal Utility District.

Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought

Beverly Hills, home to major water users, fined for conservation fail

by Katharine Mieszkowski October 30, 2015December 15, 2015

While secret water guzzlers in Beverly Hills aren’t paying fines, the city is now facing one.

Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought

Billy Beane is ‘displeased and embarrassed’ by his water use

by Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski October 19, 2015December 15, 2015

Oakland A’s executive Billy Beane, who had been publicly shamed for pumping 6,000 gallons of water per day at his home, blamed leaky irrigation pipes for his excessive use.

Posted inThe Secrets of the Drought

Billy Beane and oil exec among East Bay’s biggest water guzzlers

by Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski October 16, 2015June 30, 2021

Oakland Athletics mastermind Billy Beane is among 1,100 residents hit with monetary penalties by the East Bay Municipal Utility District for using too much water during California’s drought.

Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought

LA City Council to Wet Prince of Bel Air: We’re coming for you

by Katharine Mieszkowski and Lance Williams October 14, 2015June 30, 2021

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to crack down on the area’s biggest water guzzlers, giving the city’s water agency 30 days to report back on ways to rein in excessive use.

Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought

The hunt to find – and fine – the Wet Prince of Bel Air

by Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski October 12, 2015June 30, 2021

Four Los Angeles city councilmen are pushing the city’s water agency to crack down on the largest guzzlers, while a volunteer “drought posse” is on the lookout for a Bel Air resident who used nearly 12 million gallons in a year.

Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought

Secret super water users

by Katharine Mieszkowski and Lance Williams October 3, 2015June 30, 2021

If you didn’t know California was experiencing a historic drought, driving through the streets of Beverly Hills and Bel Air would only keep you in the dark. Some of the state’s biggest known water guzzlers live here.

Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought

The Wet Prince of Bel Air: Who is California’s biggest water guzzler?

by Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski October 1, 2015June 30, 2021

One home in wealthy Bel Air, California, used an astonishing 11.8 million gallons of water in one year. The customer, whose identity has not been reve

Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought

California won’t identify who’s draining the state’s groundwater

by Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski June 2, 2015June 30, 2021

A new law that attempts to preserve California’s precious groundwater comes with a catch: The state will hide the names of people draining this vast underground water source.

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