There’s just no good reason for stormwater to be running over impervious surfaces, picking up contaminiants and dumping them in public waterways. If we developed stringent policies and local ordinances that directed us to manage our rainwater on site through capture with reuse and/or infiltration, then stormwater would be vastly reduced. This […]
Target Audience? Kids are a crucial one when it comes to teachability and a real chance at change. As more and more school gardens are incorporated as part of a school curriculum and activities, the question of water management must also arise. Wholly H2O held a great forum on this subject, with […]
Am I falling in love with Waste Management of Alameda County? Why, YES! That’s because they have teamed up with the Bay-Friendly Coalition in their customer mailing this month to educte their customers about the the benefits of replacing lawns with more water efficient landscaping. “Replace your ordinary grass lawn with a […]
Wastewater. What the heck does that word mean? Does the word refer to the fact that of a lot of the water that is called “wastewater” is wasted by being treated and dumped into a river or the ocean? Well, it is almost always wasted, but I am pretty sure that’s not […]
Holy Poo-powered vehicle! “Poop. Is there anything it can’t do? The Denver Zoo recently introduced what is believed to be the world’s first poo-powered motorized tuk tuk showcasing The Denver Zoo’s very own patent-pending gasification technology. Called The Tour de Tuk Tuk, the rickshaw, which uses animal poop and human trash as […]
Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation Launched Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation, March 30-April 30, encourages residents to save water on behalf of their city and win more than $50,000 in prizes. Residents in U.S. cities will compete throughout the month of April to see whose city is the […]
Woohoo, we love the monthly Wholly H2O Happy Hour. Join our staff and volunteers (current, retired and forthcoming) along with folks from water agencies, nonprofits, businesses and whoever wanders in for a relaxing drink by the San Francisco Bay. We always get a great crowd, and hope you’ll be among the people […]
Building standards, such as LEED, can drive developers, planners, architects and home builders towards a more responsible and ethical management of California’s limited water supplies. (Please see “Is Our Water Future an Inconvenient Truth” if you are in doubt about our water crisis). Wholly H2O is pushing for greater valuation of water […]
When I started working at Flex Your Power early in 2006, California’s one-time energy efficiency campaign funded through the public goods charge on our utility bills, no one was really that interested in energy efficiency. Even CFL lightbulbs seemed like a radical and unecessary change to most people. We could barely give […]
Here is the long delayed update on the State of California’s residential and commercial graywater code. The new code is to become California State Plumbing Code Chapter 16, being rewritten to to replace the 2009 Chapter 16, Part A code. This code is being developed by the State of California’s Department of […]
