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From Klamath to Redding, Mendocino to Sonoma, dozens of communities across California are...

click to enlarge Chart by CALMatters/Flourish 2021 is shaping up to be a really dry year. Last month was the third-driest year on record with a total precipitation of 10 inches. When James Brumder and his wife Louise Gonzalez moved into their home tucked up against the mountains northeast of Los Angeles, he applied all his know-how to the task of undoing the thirsty garden they inherited. Brumder, who worked for a commercial landscaping company, pulled up their weedy, unkempt lawn in Altadena and replaced it with native grasses...

Experts agree that cities need diverse water supplies, but desalination plants remain controversial.

Julie Cart and Rachel Becker Cal Matters When James Brumder and his wife Louise Gonzalez moved into their home tucked up against the mountains northeast of Los Angeles, he applied all his know-how to the task of undoing the thirsty garden they inherited. Brumder, who worked for a commercial landscaping company, pulled up their weedy, unkempt lawn in Altadena and replaced it with native grasses, filled in garden beds with species that could make a living off the region’s fickle rainfall, installed drip irrigation, set up rain barrels and banked soil to collect any errant drops of water. When...

Here's where household water use is highest in California FacebookTwitterEmail Households in Southern California coastal counties use much more water than those in the Bay Area.Michael Macor/The Chronicle In 2021, an increasing number of water providers across California will be forced to prepare for water shortages as the state’s drought intensifies. For some locales, this could mean mandatory or voluntary restrictions on residential water use. Not every area of the state will be starting from the same level of water use. A Chronicle analysis of 2020 data reported by water suppliers across...