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Celebrating World Water Day – The Angeles Chapter Way
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...
Scoring Our Water Systems
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 Angeles...
California’s New Futures Market for Water
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...
Climate Change Creating Enormous Challenges
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 service...
What’s the Sierra Club California Water Committee and Why Do We Need It?
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...
Ocean Desalination Meets Homelessness?
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 (CDLAC)....
Poseidon’s Toxic Desalination Proposal
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...
My Experience as a Water Board Director
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...
Zombie Tunnel Project back to life as the Delta Conveyance
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 WaterFix...
What’s in your Water
Posted on 17 February 2021 By Filomena Fuchs, Water Committee Member As part of the Sierra Club’s long-standing efforts to protect sources, supplies, and just access to water throughout the country, the Angeles Chapter Water Committee is preparing a tool to evaluate...
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