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October 9, 2009
Posted by David Beckman in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- LEED, porouspavement, sandiegocoastkeeper, sb610, waterconservation, waterefficiency, waterrecycling
Recently, Jessica Wall joined NRDC's Santa Monica office as a Program Assistant with the Water Program after working as a policy intern with San Diego Coastkeeper, where she analyzed the effectiveness and compliance with Water Supply Assessments under California Senate...
August 11, 2009
Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
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- drought, energy, globalwarming, greencities, lowimpactdevelopment, runoff, stormwater, waterconservation, waterpollution, waterrationing
The good news is that in June, water use in Los Angeles fell to a 32 year low for the time of year, a remarkable savings considering the steady population growth the region has seen over that period. The bad...
April 28, 2009
Posted by David Beckman in Living Sustainably
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- cadrought, californiadrought, californiawater, departmentofwaterandpower, drought, dwp, lawater, losangeleswater, waterconservation, waterpollution
The Los Angeles Daily News recently reported that 5.28 percent of the water handled by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) never gets delivered to homes or businesses because it leaks out of old or poorly maintained...