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Hydrologist James S. Famiglietti

You’re Already Drinking Sewage—You Just Don’t Know It!

James S. Famiglietti directs the UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling and is a professor of earth system science and civil and environmental engineering at UC Irvine. In 2012, he gave 50 lectures all over the world on water while serving as the Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer of the Geological Society of America. Before participating in a panel on our struggles to survive the water wars, he explained his strategy for getting people comfortable with the idea of drinking sewage in the Zócalo green room.

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Will We Ever Get Sane About Water?

We Have the Means To Keep Ourselves Peaceably Hydrated. The Will, For Now, Is Another Story.

by T.A. Frank, Becca MacLaren, and Sarah Rothbard |

Water has always been a contentious issue in local communities. But now we’re on the cusp of a global water crisis. What can be done around California and the world—by …

Hey, World! Someday L.A. Won’t Need Your Water

If We Fix Pipes, Capture Rain, and Recycle Our Wastewater, The Southland Might Just Be Water Independent

by Ken Murray |

As a nation, we dream of energy independence. But in Los Angeles, we wouldn’t dream of water independence. The growth and prosperity of our city has been largely defined by …

To Remember JFK, Let Them Come to Whiskeytown

In the North State, Kennedy's Last Appearance In California—at a Dam—Is Being Commemorated

by Joe Mathews |

It’s a little-known event in a little-known part of California’s far north. But at dawn this Saturday, people from Redding and nearby places will gather at Whiskeytown Lake and stand …

The Ocean Vs. California

On a Boat Off Santa Barbara, Contemplating How The Coast Has Changed—And Will Again

by Brian Fagan |

Melting Greenland ice sheets. Calving glaciers. Fresh water released into a warming ocean that floods great cities and has the potential to kill thousands. The media are full of such …

Californians, Please Visit Your Water

Any Water Plan For California Made Behind Closed Doors Without On-Ground Inspection Won’t Work. Here’s What Will.

by Joe Mathews |

There’s consensus that California needs a big new deal to govern water. There’s no consensus on what should be in it. Habitat restoration? Rebuilt levees to withstand earthquakes? Or new …


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