Mar 7, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
In April of last year, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board voted to grant Poseidon a permit to move ahead with the construction of their ocean desalination plant. The next step of course is that Poseidon would have to come before the California Coastal...
Mar 2, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
In Southern California, we have a storm drain system and a sewage system that are completely separate. The storm drain system is called the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). Two main types of water flow through the MS4: (1) Stormwater, which is rainwater...
Mar 2, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge While the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner tells of the misfortunes of a seaman and suggests that despite being surrounded by something, you cannot benefit from it, the tale of ocean desalination...
Mar 1, 2022 | Water Issue 2022
The theme for World Water Day 2022 is, Groundwater: Making the Invisible – Visible. Have you ever taken the time to think about the groundwater beneath your feet? Or where your water comes from? Of course, depending on where you live in Southern California, your water...
Jun 30, 2021 | Kids
Help Ozzie be water wise! Introducing the Kids Water Corner to the Angeles Chapter Water Committee! Kids of all ages are invited to join us in playing water-wise games and learn about the best ways for each and every one of us to help conserve water in Southern...
May 25, 2021 | Members
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May 12, 2021 | Presentation, Water News Highlights
After sunset, self-taught photographer Steven Kovacs plunges into the open ocean around Palm Beach to shoot the minuscule, unassuming creatures floating in the depths. Read more… Photo: Colossal Art...
May 3, 2021 | Ocean Desalination, Water News Highlights
Posted on 3 May 2021 By Randy Kokal You need a hunting license before you go hunting, a marriage license before you get married and the Poseidon desalination project needs to get their permits before they are allowed to operate. Poseidon has asserted (with no...
Apr 30, 2021 | Water Conservation, Water News Highlights, Water Quality
Posted on 30 April 2021 By Scott Houston World Water Day may annually be recognized on March 22, but we must honor and respect water every day as we confront climate change in order to ensure we have adequate supplies of safe, affordable water to meet our needs. The...
Mar 13, 2021 | Intersectionality Environmentalism, Sierra Club California, Water Conservation, Water News Highlights
Posted on 17 February 2021 By William Smith Many of today’s under-resourced communities have no more access to blue gold (scarce water) than the under-resourced white residents of the Owens Valley have had since the 1920s. In 1924 greedy public and private water...
Mar 10, 2021 | Intersectionality Environmentalism, Presentation, Water Quality
Regarding the Need for a Polystyrene (aka “Styrofoam™”) Ordinance Pasadena Styro Campaign PDF
Feb 26, 2021 | Events, Kids, Sierra Club California, Water Issue 2021, Water Legislation
By Charming Evelyn & Chiara Scaramuzzino WatCom tours MWD/ LA Sanitation Recycled Water Pilot Project, March 2020 before shutdown. Dear Reader, This March we celebrate water to coincide with World Water Day, March 22nd. World Water Day celebrates water and raises...
Feb 26, 2021 | Water Issue 2021, Water News Highlights, Water Quality, Water Reuse
Hollywood Reservoir, Hollywood, California. A major storage area for LA’s fresh water needs. John Nilsson all rights reserved As part of the Sierra Club’s long-standing efforts to protect sources, supplies, and just access to water throughout the country, the...
Feb 25, 2021 | Sierra Club California, Water Issue 2021, Water Legislation, Water News Highlights
Posted on 25 February 2021 By Bill Martin, member, Sierra Club California Water Committee and Sierra Club Bay Chapter Water Committee On December 7, 2020, financial futures based on California water prices began trading. This post is a short introduction to...
Feb 25, 2021 | Water Issue 2021, Water Legislation, Water News Highlights, Water Reuse
Posted on 25 February 2021 By Rob Katherman The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) is the largest groundwater agency in the State of California, managing and protecting local groundwater resources for over four million residents. WRD’s...
Feb 25, 2021 | Sierra Club California, Water Issue 2021, Water News Highlights
Posted on 25 February 2021 By Charlotte Allen – CoChair, Sierra Club California Water Committee The Sierra Club California Water Committee is an issue committee that reports to the California Conservation Committee, the organization that sets Sierra Club’s...
Feb 23, 2021 | Intersectionality Environmentalism, Ocean Desalination, Water Issue 2021, Water Legislation, Water News Highlights
Posted on 23 February 2021 By Charming Evelyn – Chair, Water Committee Who would think it? Ocean desalination intersecting with affordable housing?- Yet it has, in a little known state government agency called the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee...
Feb 23, 2021 | Ocean Desalination, Water Conservation, Water Issue 2021, Water Legislation, Water News Highlights
The people behind the Poseidon project feel Orange County residents do not pay enough for water. They feel that residents can and should pay. They see a potential profit in each glass of water, each shower and each toilet flush. Their plan is simple, add more...
Feb 23, 2021 | Water Conservation, Water Issue 2021, Water Legislation, Water News Highlights
Posted on 22 February 2021 by Conner Everts The late matriarch of Los Angeles environmental groups, Dorothy Green, wrote a book that focuses on Southern California water and water agencies: Managing Water: Avoiding Crisis in California. If you live in the city of Los...
Feb 22, 2021 | Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Sierra Club California, Water Issue 2021, Water Legislation, Water News Highlights
Posted on 22 February 2021 By Caty Wagner – SoCal Water Organizer, Sierra Club California For many years we have opposed this project through its many iterations. The Peripheral Canal of the 80’s, the Bay Delta Conservation Project of the 00’s, the California...
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