State officials presented an $80 million check today to help advance Pure Water Southern California, a large-scale, regional water recycling program that will create a new source of water to benefit 19 million people amid a changing climate and weather whiplash. State...
First published June 12th, 2023 in the Desert Report. Action That Is Long Overdue by William Martin & Charming Evelyn Let’s discuss groundwater! You can find many definitions of groundwater – it is basically water stored underground through millennia via the...
On June 28th, 2023, The Network For Global Innovation (NGIN), in partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), presented the latest webinar in the NGINLADWP Roundtable series: Water Resiliency. The discussions in this roundtable focused on...
Photos by Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Gooley.
By Charming Evelyn The theme for World Water Day 2023 is Accelerate Change. As a long-time Sierra Club member, I think I can safely say being the change embodies the volunteers and staff who serve alongside myself within the Water Committee(s). The work we do and how...
By Katja Irvin The Pacheco Reservoir Expansion project is a proposal to build a much larger new reservoir to replace the existing Pacheco Reservoir, located in Santa Clara County 60 miles southeast of San Jose. The existing reservoir, owned by Pacheco Pass Water...
By, William (Bill) Smith, Peter Anderson & Charming Evelyn George Courser, founder of Sierra Club California’s first Committee for Environmental and Social Justice, touched many Sierra Club members throughout California before he passed away in late 2022. Working...
By Tom Williams How Gross is Your Tap Water? A silly question and yet a significant concern worldwide: it's time to have a serious discussion about reclaimed waters. We are at the end of the snow drought, in the Sierra and Rockies, and as usual, we have come back to...
By Richard Freeman Before you purchase bottled water, have you ever stopped and asked yourself where did that water come from, where was it bottled, and if it is safe to drink? Did you know that bottled water is largely unregulated? Your tap water is more regulated...