We hope you are finding time to take a break this summer to enjoy water — a lake or river or a beautiful water vista — somewhere in California and the Southwest. Western Water is taking a break, as well, while we catch up on other water projects we’ll be publishing later this year. 

In the meantime, we wanted to reprise some of our Western Water articles from the past six months — and ask for your feedback.

Since moving Western Water online in February, we have written about two statewide water bonds, California’s efforts to address water quality and supply impacts from cannabis farms, stalled efforts to develop a drought contingency plan for the lower Colorado River, outreach efforts to give the homeless a voice in a Southern California watershed, environmental water rights and more.

We’d like to know what you think so far. Please take just a couple of minutes to respond to this brief online survey about Western Water.  

Meanwhile, in case you missed them, here are some of our stories of the past six months. Enjoy! 

In Depth:

• As Colorado River Levels Drop, Pressure Grows On Arizona To Complete A Plan For Water Shortages (June 15)
• Amid ‘Green Rush’ of Legal Cannabis, California Strives to Control Adverse Effects on Water (April 20)
• Does California’s environment deserve its own water right? (Feb. 23)

Notebook:

• It’s Not Just Nutria — Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has 185 Invasive Species, But Tracking Them is Uneven (June 1)
• Statewide Water Bond Measures Could Have Californians Doing a Double-Take in 2018 (April 6)
• Researchers Aim to Give Homeless a Voice in Southern California Watershed (March 9)

Q&A:

• As Decision Nears On California Water Storage Funding, a Chairman Reflects on Lessons Learned and What’s Next (June 29)
• Novel Effort to Aid Groundwater on California’s Central Coast Could Help Other Depleted Basins (May 4)
• One Year In, A New State Policymaker Assesses the Salton Sea, Federal Relations and California’s Thorny Water Issues (March 23)
• ‘Ridiculously Resilient Ridge,’ Climate Change and the Future of California’s Water (Feb. 9)

Spotlight:

• Could the Arizona Desert Offer California and the West a Guide to Solving Groundwater Problems? (May 18)