Could Drinking Seawater Be Good For Us?

How Desalination Could Solve California's Drought and America's Water Needs

It might sound crazy, in the middle of a drought, to suggest that California can have a water-independent future. But I’ve come to believe that this is possible.

My studies and those by others, as well as the experiences of nations such as Singapore, Australia, Israel, and many European countries, show that water reclamation, water recycling, and reuse—which currently accounts for under 10 percent of the water Americans use in most regions—could reduce up to 30-50 percent of the country’s water use. This is important for a number of reasons.

Water and …

Throw Out the Baby. Keep the Bathwater.

Strategies for Surviving a Water Shortage in California and Beyond

The water situation in California is not good and shows no signs of improving any time soon. In fact, the entire state is now in the most severe stage of …

Occidental College Political Economist Sanjeev Khagram

A Water Guy Who Loves His Showers

Politial economist Sanjeev Khagram has been an Occidental College department of diplomacy and world affairs faculty member since 2012. He leads Occidental’s John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Economy …

California State Water Resources Control Board Chair Felicia Marcus

She Can Hear You If You Speak Softly. And She Carries a Wooden Baseball Bat.

Felicia Marcus is the chair of the California State Water Resources Control Board. Before participating in a panel on bringing clean water to communities around the world, she talked Star …

When California Was Waterlogged

The 1862 Floods That Ravaged the West Were Just As Scary As the Drought That Plagues Us Today

Frenzied, the people fled to higher ground along the far bank, saving little more than the soaked clothes slung over their bodies. Some of the last to escape had to …

Metropolitan Water District GM Jeffrey Kightlinger

Did We Really Ask Him If He Takes Baths?

Jeffrey Kightlinger is general manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Before participating in a panel on why we still don’t have clean water in so many parts …