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Redefining expectations for urban water supply systems to fight wildfires

Nature Water volume 3, pages 248–250 (2025)Cite this article

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Three major implications stemming from the water supply narratives around the Los Angeles fires have emerged: the need for greater infrastructure resilience, considering the uneven costs of new expectations, and combating disinformation.

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles, Luskin Center for Innovation, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Gregory Pierce, Edith de Guzman & Megan Mullin

  2. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

    Edith de Guzman

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Correspondence to Gregory Pierce.

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Pierce, G., de Guzman, E. & Mullin, M. Redefining expectations for urban water supply systems to fight wildfires. Nat Water 3, 248–250 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00405-y

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