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With California in its first official drought since the early ’90s, state legislatures are being called upon to act in order to solve the state’s water crisis. From the Fresno Bee: A comprehensive approach — new surface storage (dams), increased underground storage (waterbanking and aquifer recharge) and more effective conservation efforts — still seems a […]
LOS ANGELES – In response to growing concerns over drought in Southern California, the city of L.A. has proposed new water restrictions for city residents. If passed, the new bill would supersede the 1990 provisions. Under the proposal, residents would be limited to watering their lawns for only 15 minutes a day, restaurants would be […]
CALIFORNIA – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared the first statewide drought in 16 years Wednesday, setting in place measures to head off severe shortages next year and lending a boost to his plan to raise more than $11 billion to upgrade the state’s water delivery system. The governor did not call for rationing, but his plan […]
LOS ANGELES, California – With its vital and sometimes distant water supplies in question, the city of Los Angeles is taking on the daunting and controversial task of turning wastewater back into drinking water, the L.A. Times reports. In addition to recycling wastewater, the plan will make permanent many of the restrictions seen during the […]
SACRAMENTO – The Nestle company on Monday said it is significantly scaling back plans in Northern California to build what would have been the country’s largest water bottling plant. The announcement by Nestle Waters North America comes after years of opposition by environmentalists and a group of residents in the rural town of McCloud. Read […]
Pollution and global warming threaten Asia’s most important freshwater source.
MCCLOUD, CALIFORNIA — Nestle’s plans to build a water bottling facility that will pump up to 521 million gallons of water a year from the mountainside springs above this small Northern California town is encountering growing opposition from scientists, fishermen, conservationists and some members of the community. The area desperately needs an economic boost and […]
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA –The environment’s newest ally comes in an unexpected guise: the San Diego-based fast food chain Jack-in-the-Box is installing a satellite-controlled irrigation system to help conserve water. Read more here. source: Associated Press
DENVER — Eight utilities across the United States – from New York to Southern California – have formed the Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) to research the ways in which global warming will impact their operations. WUCA wants to improve climate-related information collection and maintenance, as well as ensure that water providers around the world […]
CALIFORNIA — With water becoming increasingly precious in California, a rising number of farmers figure they can make more money by selling their water than by actually growing something. Because farmers get their water at subsidized rates, some of them see financial opportunity this year in selling their allotments to Los Angeles and other desperately […]
COLONIA BORQUEZ, MEXICO — Adaptation, or the matter of adjusting to climate change, is sometimes called a cheaper, easier way to deal with some of the consequences of a warming world. But consider the battle between the United States, Mexico and Canada that was triggered here amid the vegetable farms near the California border. Read […]
SAN JOSE, California — A coalition of business and agriculture groups is working on a ballot measure that would bypass long-stalled negotiations in the Sacramento on the peripheral canal and additional reservoirs, and environmentalists who oppose both tell the San Jose Mercury News they are gearing up for a ballot war.The war over water isn’t […]
