Once one of the most dependent on the Colorado River, San Diego now may have water to sell to states that are seeing their supplies from the shrinking river cut.
A drone view shows the Carlsbad desalination plant's intake lagoon on the right and the discharge canal on the left, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Carlsbad, Calif.
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In 2015, a seawater desalination plant was built at cost of $1 billion. It now supplies 50 million gallons of drought-proof…
Three western U.S. states have announced a new two-year deal to stabilize the Colorado River. California, Nevada and Arizona say…
Phoenix, Tucson, San Diego and Albuquerque conserving water amid looming crisis on the Colorado River.
The proposal comes as the river faces a historic water shortage, with reservoirs reaching levels not seen since 1957.
Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states that rely on the imperiled…
Desalination. Pipelines. Cloud seeding. Those are just a few ideas for how the Trump administration should save the desiccated…
