(Click link for full image) Most Americans have no idea how much water they use every day. Do you? In addition to the water use that you as an individual can document by looking at your monthly water bill, there is also water use embedded in many of the activities you […]
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, […]
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 […]
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.”
DWR has released the final version of the Guidebook to Assist Urban Water Suppliers to Prepare a 2010 Urban Water Management Plan. The book is designed to assist urban water suppliers with at least 3,000 service connections or supplying at least 3,000 acre-feet of water per year. In the coming weeks, the […]
UC Davis is conducting a survey to collect opinions about a variety of water management issues in California. The survey should help policy stakeholders identify the most important and effective management processes currently operating in the Delta. Anyone interested in participating in the survey should contact Mark Lubell at UC Davis.
Wholly H2o’s January 10th Forum addressing Urban Watershed Management Plans (UWMP) will include Peter Brostrom from DWR. UWMPs are due to DWR on July 30th 2011. To facilitate the process, DWR has released a guidebook which you can access from this post. Draft Guidebook on Preparing Urban Water Management Plans Now AvailableA […]
One of the best things you can do to ensure your water supply in California is to get involved in how the water from the San Francisco Bay Delta is being managed. While an extremely complex issue, with many conflicting stakeholders and their interests, taking the time to read this White paper […]
Our governor-in-waiting has already published his water plan for the 21st century. It contains details that we all want to be familiar with so as to understand the focus of the upcoming administration’s agenda. Take a look. And then, take action! Dan Walters: Water Still on Agenda for Brown dwalters@sacbee.com Published Sunday, […]
While much of our concerns about CA water are related to human consumption and how to guarantee there’s enough water to satisfy humna consumption, going a step firther back in the process brings us to concenrs about estuary and wetlands ecosystem health. Such is certainly the case when thinking about the Sacramento […]
