Jan 30, 2023 | Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Sierra Club California, Water Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2022 Contact: Brandon Dawson, brandon.dawson@sierraclub.org Sierra Club California Submits Public Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Report for Delta Conveyance Project Sacramento, CA – Sierra Club California has submitted...
Oct 21, 2022 | Water Conservation, Water News Highlights, Water Quality, Water Reuse
Posted on 21 June 2019 By Charles Alex Malotte What is graywater? Graywater (also spelled “greywater” or “gray water”) is water from showers, tubs, bathroom sinks, and clothes washers. Graywater does not include sewage. Graywater is an ideal resource for reuse:...
Sep 29, 2022 | Water Conservation, Water Legislation
Tell West Hollywood to STOP throwing precious water down the drain. Much of West Hollywood, which inhabits less than two square miles, sits on a very high or shallow water table. For the past decade there has been an exorbitant increase in the permitting of...
Mar 8, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
What is World Water Day? World Water Day has been celebrated by the United Nations annually since 1993 to shine the spotlight on water use, water conservation, water innovation and the lack of access to water in many countries. Wars have been waged over water. Believe...
Mar 7, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
In 2012, California took the bold step of enacting AB 685, which declared that every person in the state has a right to clean, safe, and affordable drinking water. Seven years later, in 2019, Gov. Newsom signed SB 200 to provide funding to “provide safe drinking water...
Mar 7, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is considering letting California’s largest water users build a 1.5 million acre foot, or 20 sq mi, reservoir that would divert much more water from the Sacramento River. At 13,200 acres, Sites Reservoir (formally called the...
Mar 7, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
The Carlsbad ocean desalination (desal) plant, the largest in the western hemisphere, was conceived as a futile scheme to beat the 1987-92′ drought. The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) was clashing with their supplier, the Metropolitan Water District of...
Mar 7, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
About a year ago, I reported on a new water futures market on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The market is based on an index, which is based on the sales transactions of actual water in CA, including statewide and in 5 sub-basins in the Southern CA area. The index...
Mar 7, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
As a newbie to Sierra Club, you hear all kinds of Sierra Club entities being thrown around. National, Sierra Club California, Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club Bay Chapter and the list goes on. We’re here to shed a little light today on Sierra Club California....
Mar 7, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
As you may know, it’s becoming more important for everyone to try hard to conserve water due to the increased frequency of dangerous droughts brought on by climate change. Here are some important water conservation tips individuals, including cities can implement on a...
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