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The Station Fire burns in the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest. DAVID McNEW/Getty Images  
USA Today  

Siege years

Drought makes California vulnerable to busy fire season

Even as a mammoth wildfire still burns in the San Gabriel Mountains, California hasn't seen this year the level of destruction that flames delivered the past two years. That could change soon however, fire officials say. A prolonged drought could be the start of a fall siege in Southern California. (USA Today)
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• Visalia's water table at its lowest level ever
• Garden showplace finds ways to save plenty of water
• New connection provides alternate water source for WMWD

DWP workers continue work on a pipe in Studio City that broke Saturday. LAWRENCE K. HO/Los Angeles Times  
Times  

How vulnerable?

L.A. council to closely monitor city's aging water system

Los Angeles City Council members intend to more closely monitor upgrades to the city's aging, leaky water system after burst pipes in the San Fernando Valley inundated one neighborhood and caused a sinkhole in another that nearly swallowed a firetruck. (Los Angeles Times)
ALSO:
• Valley water main breaks focus scrutiny on DWP
• Coldwater Canyon could reopen this weekend
• City's infrastructure bites back

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Replumbing the state

Reliable water for California: BDCP offers a roadmap

An unprecedented and far-reaching solution is unfolding through a statewide planning process called the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Redesigning a water system for California, with its many environmental challenges, will be no small feat. (Capitol Weekly)  BDCP's NEW SITE
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• Wolk leaves Delta bill behind
• OPINION: Water package not perfect, but better than status quo
• OPINION: A sense of urgency, equality to address Delta goals

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