Urban wildfire — water system capacities and limitations
One year after the January 2025 fires devastated communities across Los Angeles, the region is still reckoning with how its infrastructure performed and whether it should be modified to perform under increasingly extreme conditions. The anniversary has sharpened an urgent policy question with far-reaching consequences: as urban wildfires become more frequent and severe, what role can water systems realistically play in protecting lives, supporting emergency response, and guiding resilient rebuilding? A new UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation publication, Water Systems’ Wildfire Fighting Capacities and Expectations: Workshop Synthesis Report, begins to answer this question.
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