Think Blue: The City of San Diego’s approach to storm water education While the rains have passed, I notice that there is still water pouring down storm drains from sprinklers set to overwater. In fact, I just saw the sprinklers on a large public strip outside my office in West Oakland come […]
The opportunities for keeping sewage out of the oceans are everywhere (where there are humans). The Zandaam cruise ship, that takes passengers on a breath-taking tour of Alaska, is pushing into new (waste) waters! A below-decks tour of the recycling operations of a high-end cruise ship posted by InvestigateWest at Wednesday, […]
Get in the know about Surface Water in California! The State Water Resources Control Board – Announces release of the web version of the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program’s (SWAMP) Achievements Report for 2009! SWAMP released a condensed version of our 2009 Achievements report several months ago (attached). The web version provides […]
The “blue” job market is starting to ramp up, I notice. Here’s another opportunity for an individual experienced water policy. Water Policy Expert – 6 month contract Allen & York are urgently looking to recruit an international water management expert for a joint World Bank-UAE Government sponsored project. This is a 6 […]
A key missing pieces holding back more progressively legislating and employing water reuse startegies is the lack of data on water use and water reuse systems, savings and water quality. Wholly H2o promotes participation in data collection efforts, such as this one on stormwater by the CA State Water Resources Control Board! […]
I just love this inspiring photo essay of many of earth’s character doing what we naturally do best – drink water! Don’t forget that we are sharing the wealth with the entire planetary polulation. Thanks Yes! http://www.yesmagazine.org/arts/its-everybodys-water
There are certainly many pieces to California’s history of water. One very important piece includes the fate of the Owens Lake region of the eastern Sierras, from which the city of Los Angeles has drawn a portion of its water supply for nearly 90 years. Here’s a small expose on that history […]
Little by little alternative water sources, such as graywater (also spelled ‘greywater’) are coming to the attention of people across the country. The US has been behind other countries such as Australia, New Zealand and across Europe in adopting progressive graywater practices. Looks like Philadelphia just discovered the gold…I mean, the gray! […]
Where there’s rain, there’s runoff: integrated water management begins at home” by your’s truly, Elizabeth Dougherty! Here’s a list of the articles: Water, water – we need to waste less, leave more for nature Water is never out of season as a topic for Californians, but this year, with a 11-billion-dollar water […]
As the summer emerges under the ongoing rainclouds in Northern California, so do many great internships. Here’s one that combines biodiversity, San Francisco, ecological restoration. Nature in the City Stewardship Intern, May, 2010 About Nature in the City Nature in the City is the first and only organization wholly dedicated to […]