Los Angeles’ 100 biggest residential water customers have cut back on their wasteful ways, but they still pumped enough during the fifth year of California’s crippling drought to supply the needs of 2,800 ordinary households.
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All this recent rain won’t stop California from sinking
The powerful storm that pounded California recently seemed like the break the state so desperately needed. But it wasn’t enough. In fact, there is probably no storm capable of washing away California’s water woes, scientists say.
California’s still sinking. Trump’s NASA cut would complicate things
The president-elect is gearing up to cut NASA’s environmental monitoring, which includes the data that’s been used to monitor California’s sinking.
Now this is a story all about how we found the Wet Princes of Bel Air
Reveal’s analysis found seven possible candidates for California’s biggest water user. Here’s how we did it.
Who is the Wet Prince of Bel Air? Here are the likely culprits
Los Angeles officials refused to identify the homeowner who used millions of gallons of water during a single year of California’s crippling drought.
California cracks down on its Wet Princes
California will crack down on future “Wet Princes” – homeowners who use enormous quantities of water during droughts.
The world already would be out of water if everyone ate like Americans
In private, Nestle executives told U.S. officials that the world is on a collision course with doom because Americans eat too much meat, and now, other countries are following suit, according to secret documents.
Winter snowpack won’t end California drought
The current water year has been the wettest since the drought began, and winter snow returned to the Sierra Nevada this year. But parts of the state still will see drought conditions.