Climate change will have an extremely negative impact on Southern California's water resources. As time goes on we will experience an increased occurrence and intensity of hazards such as drought, wildfire, groundwater depletion, and by extension, pollution. Sea level rise will negatively impact our shared infrastructure and threaten our existing groundwater aquifers with increasing levels of salinity, rendering them unsuitable for use.

You can find out more about climate change's impact on our regional water resources by checking out the California Department of Water Resources' website.