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Residents attend a Durango City Council meeting to speak about the continued fluoridation of the city's drinking water, Nov. 5, 2024, in Durango, Colo. (Christian Burney/The Durango Herald via AP)

U.S. towns plunge into debates about fluoride in water

Communities in Florida, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and elsewhere are debating whether to stop adding fluoride to drinking water.
The Phillip 66 Los Angeles refinery in Wilmington was built in 1919 and produces gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels.

Phillips 66 faces federal charges over alleged wastewater dumping at Carson refinery

Oakley, CA - December 05: Islands in Big Break, a small bay on the The San Joaquin River Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Oakley, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

California water agency considers spending $141 million on Delta tunnel project

BOULDER CITY, NEV. - MAY 16, 2022. The Hoover Dam stands in front of Lake Mead, where white surfaces on the lake's rocky edges show how low water levels have dropped due to persistent and worsening drought conditions for more than a decade. With a current level of about 1,055 feet, Lake Mead is at its lowest point in history even as its continues to supply water to more than 20 people in the lower basin of the Colorado River. With little snowmelt and rain flowing into the lake, the historic dam's hydroelectric generating machinery could become obsolete. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Biden administration outlines options for addressing Colorado River water shortages

FILE - Tunnel workers push equipment up a rail track to a machine boring a 2.5-mile bypass tunnel for the Delaware Aqueduct in Marlboro, N.Y., May 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

NYC issues first drought warning in 22 years, pauses aqueduct repairs to bring in more water

A century after Owens Valley aqueduct protest, event marks tense time in L.A. water history

Expansion of San Luis Reservoir set to boost California’s water-storing capacity

Drought warnings issued across Northeast as wildfires burn

Los Angeles set to build facility to transform wastewater into clean drinking water

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