How Central Valley communities are coping with prolonged water shortages.
Zoe Meyers
Will this desert community survive its water overdraft problem?
Borrego Springs, California, was founded on the promise of endless water. Now they must conserve — or else.
California relocates residents whose wells have gone dry
Residents explain why the new drought program may or may not work for them.
Millions in debt, a community wonders if its water source will provide
This master-planned community must keep building to survive, despite the drought.
Innovation amid drought in the Sacramento Delta
Checking in with a farmer who traded some of his water for long term survival.
Fresno, California, aims to recharge its dwindling groundwater
Surface water projects give groundwater a break, in the state’s fourth year of severe drought.
How the California drought exacerbates water contamination
This rural community couldn’t drink the water, even if they had it.
Residential wells run completely dry in the Central Valley
The drought is not an abstract threat for families in Porterville, California.