Mar 22, 2011 | Events, Water Conservation, Water News Highlights
Today (Tuesday) is World Water Day. Created by the United Nations, WWD highlights the scarcity of potable water, a crisis that is ongoing in every region of our increasingly thirsty planet including singer Charmaine Clamor’s birth country, the Philippines. To...
Mar 11, 2011 | Water Conservation, Water Legislation, Water News Highlights, Water Quality
Flood control district said its channels and storm drains were just conduits for upstream polluters. The federal judges side with plaintiffs regarding the L.A. and San Gabriel rivers, but not Malibu Creek and the Santa Clara River. By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times...
Feb 20, 2011 | Water Conservation, Water Legislation, Water News Highlights
A MEMBER AGENCY TURNS ON THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT By Stephenie J. Frederick Seven years after the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) developed a new regional pricing system (which became effective in 2003), the San Diego County Water...
Feb 17, 2011 | Water Legislation, Water News Highlights, Water Quality
Paul Quinlan, E&E reporter Environmentalists and Washington lobbyists for agriculture, mining, homebuilding, road building, electric utilities and manufacturing industries have found something to agree on. It’s time, they say, for the Obama administration to...
Jan 11, 2011 | Water Conservation, Water News Highlights, Water Quality
By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times A state expert says small changes in irrigation practices could yield significant water savings. California should more aggressively enforce the state’s ban on wasteful water use and crack down on inefficient irrigation...
Jan 5, 2011 | Water Conservation, Water News Highlights, Water Reuse
Unusually Heavy Precipitation October-December 2010 Despite a strong La Niña condition, the western United States received huge amounts of precipitation from October through December 2010. Only the Pacific Northwest experienced less precipitation than usual....
Nov 30, 2010 | Water Conservation, Water News Highlights
WE RESOLVE to strenuously advocate for permanent water conservation policy. The Water Committee will continue to advocate for permanent water conservation policy in Southern California including but not limited to water recycling and the implementation of purple...
Nov 10, 2010 | Water Conservation, Water Legislation, Water News Highlights, Water Quality
At the 2010 Metropolitan Water District’s recent Water Summit conference, three presenters, whose remarks are summarized below, stated that large amounts of water are used in the production of energy. In turn, large amounts of energy are used to extract, move,...
Jul 31, 2010 | Water Conservation, Water News Highlights, Water Reuse
By The Editor An aqueduct in Southern California Turn on your faucet, and what do you get? Rain that fell on Mount Shasta? Snow from the Feather River watershed in the Sierras? Glacial melt from the Colorado Rockies? Water from deep sandy aquifers far beneath your...
Jun 30, 2010 | Events, Water Conservation, Water News Highlights
Posted on 30 June 2010 By Charming Evelyn As we go to press, the Water Committee received some good news just in time to celebrate its anniversary. In fact, it’s the best kind of news any conservation committee can hope for: that our hard work is paying off,...
Feb 28, 2010 | Water News Highlights
By The Editor Interested in working on Southern California’s continuing water problems with the Water Committee? Then mark your calendar for the second Tuesday of every month, when Water Committee meets at 7 p.m. at the Chapter Headquarters. Have you always...
Dec 31, 2009 | Water Conservation, Water News Highlights
Posted on 31 December 2009 By Charming Evelyn WE RESOLVE to strenuously advocate for permanent water conservation policy. The Water Committee will continue to advocate for permanent water conservation policy in Southern California including but not limited to water...
Jul 31, 2009 | Water Conservation, Water News Highlights
Posted on 31 July 2009 By The Editor In Southern California, water use is inextricably linked with energy consumption Treating and distributing water in California requires 19% of the electricity used in California, and 30% of natural gas consumed in California. I...
Jul 31, 2009 | Water Conservation, Water News Highlights, Water Quality
Posted on 31 July 2009 By The Editor We’ve all witnessed water abuse: broken sprinklers flooding a sidewalk, sprinklers spraying on rainy days, hoses left running.With the state of California in its third year of drought, and with imported supplies of water in...
Jul 31, 2008 | Water Legislation, Water News Highlights, Water Quality
Posted on 31 July 2008 By Lynne Plambeck Santa Clarita Group The Santa Clara River, at the site of the proposed 21,000-unit Newhall Ranch project. PHOTO BY LYNNE PLAMBECK California Water Law may be an archaic and onerous creature, but at its heart is the wonderful...
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