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Around the U.S., cities and counties including Orange County are warming to the idea of recycling wastewater: sterilizing wastewater from toilets, sinks and factories, and piping it back into taps.

Much of the push towards net-zero has been focused around carbon emissions and climate change, but water conservation and preservation is the next goal.

Atmospheric rivers play a major role in how the West Coast gets its water. Some of the rivers carry as much as 10.5 trillion gallons of water each day.

Some residents in the drought-parched U.S. West are turning to pricey machines that developers say can produce hundreds of gallons of water a day, literally out of thin air

California regulators said they are preparing for the possibility of mandatory water restrictions if the state faces yet another dry winter

The Metropolitan Water District has issued a water supply alert. Watch this video to see what it all means for you. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.

In response to worsening drought conditions in the Northern Sierra and the Colorado River, the Metropolitan Water District will consider declaring a Water Supply Alert to ask residents to voluntarily conserve water.

Climate change, drought and high demand are expected to force the first-ever mandatory cuts to a water supply that 40 million people depend on: the Colorado River.

So how is the carwash industry, one nearly completely dependent on water, making changes to conserve?

Major companies from across a range of sectors are increasingly concerned about the cost and availability of the world’s ultimate renewable resource: water.

The world has a long way to go in finding solutions to water shortages, according to John Streur of Calvert Research and Management.

A Southern California water district has won the top prize for U.S. tap water at an international tasting contest.

Monday is World Water Day 2021, an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater

The snow and ice that crippled some states across the South has melted, but it has exposed the fragility of aging waterworks that experts have been warning about for years.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials Friday announced the beginning of the environmental review process of a project that would control water flow from Grant Lake Reservoir in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a distressed deer who had been caught in a current over the weekend in Clarence Strait, Alaska.

Carbonated water seemed to be particularly affected.

The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn’t getting wet enough.

The Western Municipal Water District assured customers Tuesday that all workers are taking precautions to prevent exposure to coronavirus and that operations to secure supplies for consumption and other uses are continuing without interruption, despite public health restrictions. “Our priority is to provide uninterrupted water and sewer services to our customers,” WMWD General Manager Craig Miller said. “These services may…

Atmospheric Rivers play a big part in the movement of moisture around the globe, and can make or break the rain season for California. When a strong atmospheric river points towards Southern California, we can see significant rainfall. Meteorologist David Biggar shows how common they are, and how they can impact our weather.