Growing wildfires pose new problems for water supply – Los Angeles Times

Lava Fire (2021), US Forest Service; Link

As drought lingers, larger and more destructive wildfires pose new threats to water supply (Hayley SMITH, Los Angeles Times; February 21, 2022)

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-02-21/growing-wildfires-pose-new-problems-for-water-supply

Also…

Inner Workings: Big wildfires mobilize mercury. What are the risks to surface water? (SEVER, 2021)

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/27/e2110558118

Water dynamics following wildfires:. Nonlinear feedbacks and implications on hydrologic responses (MAINA et al., 2020)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/hyp.13568

Website:

Wildfires: How Do They Affect Our Water Supplies? (US EPA)

https://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/wildfires-how-do-they-affect-our-water-supplies

CalFire, Link

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