The pool of California’s Water Policy and Legislation packages can be akin to the oil-soaked waters of the Gulf Coast – nigh impossible to understand and laden with danger. I’ll be reading Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia new California water bill to see how efficiency and water reuse fit into his plan as […]
My favorite line from this story about extracting water from air for agricultural purposes is, “I am not crazy. I am inspired.” I know just how he feels! (Thanks to Brock Dolman of OAEC’s Water Institute for passing along this story.) Napa Experiment Could Change World of Agriculture With growing concern about […]
The more you track water data, the more you can understand how water is being extracrted, used and disposed of. Are you ready to get your next report card? Join the California Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network and UC Davis Department of Environmental Science and Policy’s Fraser Shilling from your own workspace […]
Wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t have to pass laws in order for us to make logicial, smart choices about how to best yuse and maintain our resources? Well, in lieu of that approach, the Senate has been stepping up to the plate with a host of water restoration bills to […]
Did you miss the June 10th DWR meeting, Applying Sustainability Concepts and Indicators to CA Water Plan Update 2013? Noever fear, the DWR, recorded the session. and I want to share the following WebEx recording with you. Click the link below to play the Webex recording: https://dwr.webex.com/dwr/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=5289687&rKey=67dce13bdb1872d8 Applying Sustainability Concepts and Indicators […]
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! […]
As we all know, every action has a reaction. Even the best of intentions can yeild unintended consequences that work against the intention. Such is the case with L.A. water retriction’s impact on the water pipe infrastructure. Thanks to Catherine Elvert, Utilities Account representative at the City of Palo Alto for sending […]
From SPUR (San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association) New plans to add other water sources will allow us to put our water from Hetch Hetchy to its highest and best uses. [Image: Flickr user basegreen] In the High Sierra it begins with a trickle of snowmelt. The snow and rain falling […]