In California, the 2011-2017 drought had some stunning silver linings, notably a more acute personal awareness of water use. The impacts of drought and climate change yielded scarce water flows and depleted groundwater supplies that focused people’s attention on cutting back on water use. People were themselves experiencing unusual heat, seeing the […]
Even the severe California drought has its silver linings. It has taken extreme conditions at the weather helm to focus Californians on our unsustainable use of water. For those of us who have been pushing water conservation and reuse for years, the drought is the motivator we have been seeking, raising issues of water use in […]
Photo by Mike King Even the severe California drought has its silver linings. It has taken extreme conditions at the weather helm to focus Californians’ on our unsustainable use of water. For those of us who have been pushing water conservation and reuse for years, the drought is the motivator we have been seeking, raising issues […]
Photo by Carlo Bautista A “crisis” like the 2014 drought, is a snapshot of humanity’s long term relationship with the hydrologic cycle, a finite and closed loop system, (disregarding the periodic frozen asteroid hit)! While we can’t, or shouldn’t, control the weather beyond our own reductions related to climate change, we can notice how […]
What do you know about your own watershed? Do you know the name of the closest creek to you, whether above ground (daylighted) or running through an piped infrastructure system? Too often, we are unnaturally disconnected not only from our water sourece. OK, that’s a bit understandable, as in California, water can […]
Benchmarking is a powerful tool for providing perspective on how you, your company, or in this case, your state, are doing in comparison to another similar entity. Ryan Cahill and Jay Lund of the University of California at Davis took that tact in producing the research, Residential Water Conservation in Australia and […]
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 […]
I am always happy to see the theme of water taken up by artists. The exhibit, Shaped by Water, provides a stunning visual display of California’s water history, present and future, seen through the lens of art, educational materials and a lot of plastic – plastic refuse gathered from oceans and rivers […]
Tap, tap, tap….Is this thing on? The more that individuals, businesses, institutions, industries and farmers get into the mode of smart and appropriate water conservation practices, the less stress there will be on our water supplies. Wholly H2O is in the business of promoting onsite water management – meaning incporporating rainwater and […]
