Higher water rates for conservation can violate a constitutional limit on fees.

The market model for farmers in California who sell water is coming up short.

California is imposing new low-flow rules on faucets, toilets and urinals.

Farmers in the dry Central Valley raise the highest-value crops they can grow

California's drought is affecting its energy.

New limits on water usage could raise prices to four times their current rate.

Local water districts will restrict residential use, not agriculture.

William Mulholland brought water to a parched Los Angeles.

The city is repairing environmental problems it caused by draining Owens Lake.

Agriculture uses 80 percent of the water in California