Melted plastic pipes and drastic water-pressure drops are potentially leaching toxic chemicals and contaminants into local ...

Officials said the system was strained due to heavy stress on a municipal water system not designed for fighting such massive blazes.

Indeed, as wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas such as Boulder, Colorado and Lahaina, Hawaii, public water ... led to water contamination. LADWP is sending in mobile water tankers ...

A widening problem As wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas such as Boulder, Colorado and Lahaina, Hawaii, public water systems are ... That helped firefighters but also led to water ...

Victims of a deadly 2023 Hawaii wildfire that decimated the town of Lahaina are expected to testify in court during an ...

Pratt, Montag and the other plaintiffs accuse LADWP of making "the conscious decision to operate the water supply system with the reservoir drained and unusable as a ‘cost-saving’ measure." ...

The CCC blocked the project to protect a few thousand local examples of the shrub, saying LADWP did not receive proper permitting; the area has since burned to the ground in the ongoing Palisades ...

“This is why I'm introducing a bill to rein in the CA Coastal Commission,” said Kiley on X in response to a report on how the CCC blocked the LADWP upgrade and collected $2 million in fines ...

Jessica Puff leads the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources’ State Historic Preservation Division where she’s ...