Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards to Honor Eight Champions Today Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards Thursday, March 22 11am-1pm Redwood City Council Chambers, 1017 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City RSVP at http://www.tinyurl.com/RSVPawards Please feel free to invite others. Last year the drought appeared to be over. This year it looks like it’s back. […]
The EPA calls stormwater runoff the number one contender for causing water pollution in the United States. Once rain hits the ground and starts to run across impervious surfaces, such as roofs, driveways, parking lots, it picks up toxins and contaminants before combinimg with surface and/or ground water supplies. Certainly in California, […]
Dear Water Users (and Reusers): Please consider taking IMMEDIATE ACTION by speaking up about the current proposed graywater and rainwater plumbing code update. The succinct letter below is from Laura Allen, Director of Greywater Action. Wholly H2o, co-members with Greywater Action in the CA Greywater Alliance, wholeheartedly supports the actions suggested. The […]
This case study exemplifies so many elements of how rainwater harvesting can contribute to potable water reduction, stormwater reduction and groundwater recharge. This school knows how to capture rainwater effectively so as to reduce standing water damage on sports fields, where to store it for later irrigation needs, how to incorporate permeable […]
Water and building design has been a favorite topics of those querying Wholly H2O of late. We’re putting a webpage together on the topic, and found Alex Wilson’s recent Blog series, Resilient Design in a Drought-Prone Era. One thing is clear — there are still not enough focus of attention in the […]
For those who have been been participating in Wholly H2O activities and those who have already donated funds in 2011, thank you for your engagement and support. For those yet to contribute to Wholly H2O, we would like to invite you to support the upcoming year’s virtuous water (re)cycle as we Absorb, […]
During the holiday season, more than ever, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our progress possible. Thank you! Please join us Friday, December 16th from 5 to 8 PM for our first ever holiday party, co-hosted with neighbors at our new space in Mission Social. The Important Info WHAT: […]
Wholly H2O was part of a coalition of local organizations, Bay Area Water Stewards (BAWS) and San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance (SFUAA), that co-sponsored and supported last Monday’s SF mayoral forum specifically targeting issues related to the city’s management of its water, urban agriculture and green schoolyard initiatives. While turnout from the […]
Thanks to our Board of Advisor member, Sonia Diermayer, Wholly H2O was one of the contributors to the crafting of AB 275, Rainwater Capture Act of 2011. This legislation makes it legal for all Californian’s to capture rainwater, thus decreasing stormwater runoff, increasing groundwater infiltration, and offsetting unnecessary potable water use for […]
LOVE this quote by sailor Brad Van Liew: “Perhaps our planet should have been named “Ocean” rather than “Earth” given that the majority of Earth is comprised of water not land: seventy-one percent to be precise. Humans are also comprised mostly of water, a strikingly analogous seventy percent.”
