Here’s another great blog post, this time by Tom Phlip. Executive Strategist from the Metropolitan Water District. The Metropolitan Water District have put together an excellent animated film on how the Sacramento Bay Delta, which supplies a large percentage of water used in the state, particularly in Souuthern calfirnia, has transformed through […]
Anything someone tells me that poo is powerful, I am all ears. I mean, there is more than enough poo to go around, so wouldn’t it be smart if we could something more with poo than just dispose of it? Householders in Didcot have become the first in the UK to use […]
There’s no doubt that the need for more accurate and available water use data is great. Thanks to the CA Department of Water Resources and the CUWCC for working to produce a standardized way to gather more per use data. DWR has posted its Methodologies for Urban Per Capita Water Use, a […]
When it comes to managing water use in the state of California, there is no way to get around the fact that approximately 80% of the water used in the state goes to agriculture. In July, CAWSI released a 4-page brief, prepared by Dave Runsten of Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), […]
What is in your water? It’s an important question to ask – not only about the water that comes out of your taps but what is in the water of the streams and reservoirs feeding your taps. The State Water Resources Control Board’s Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) implemented a statewide […]
Check out the photos and overview of the substance, H2o, on planet earth provided by NASA. Viewed from space, the most striking feature of our planet is the water. In both liquid and frozen form, it covers 75% of the Earth’s surface. It fills the sky with clouds. Water is practically everywhere […]
OK, if N.Y.C. can focus it’s water efforts on LID strategies such as water infilatration and rainwater harvesting, certainly California, in a much deeper water supply crisis can do the same. In fact, rainy season is on it’s way, and now is the time to get a rainwater harvesting system in place. […]
Metropolitan’s executive strategist Tom Philp is doing a weekly commentary on the state’s water challenges from a Southern California point of view at the San Francisco Chronicle web site. Given the great imbalance between water supplies and water use in the southern part of California, this will be a great blog to […]
There is no end to the things you can learn from reading the annual performance report from the CA state water board. Particularly if you are interested in water rights. Take a look at the newly issued report. The Water Boards released the second, web-based Annual Performance Report covering Fiscal Year 09-10 […]
Congratulations to Sen. Fran Pavey together with the Planning and Conservation League for sponsoring an important newly passed bill that correctly identifies recycled water as one of the key elements of an integrated water management plan and provides us greater water security. Governor Signs Crucial Bill to Improve Regional Water Self Sufficiency […]