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Atlanta's Flood: Changing What the Rain Falls On

October 5, 2009

Posted by David Beckman in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming

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flooding, georgia, globalwarming, greeninfrastructure, greenroofs, lowimpactdevelopment, rain, raingarden, sprawl, stormdrains, stormwater

The floods that devastated Atlanta and surrounding areas recently looked like the aftermath of a powerful hurricane or tropical storm. In fact, they had a more routine source: plain old rain. A low-pressure system parked over Georgia, and for eight...continued

Lake Tahoe, Clean Water BMPs, and My Summer Vacation

August 26, 2009

Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
californiawater, cleanwater, erosion, greenjobs, laketahoe, lowimpactdevelopment, nativeplants, stormdrains, stormwater

I work in a world of impenetrable acronyms, most of which rarely get uttered outside of court rooms or policy negotiations. But a few weeks ago, I left the office behind and traveled to Lake Tahoe for a family vacation....continued

Water in California: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Drops

February 12, 2009

Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
californiawater, climatechange, oceanpollution, southerncalifornia, sprinklers, stormdrains, urbanwater, virtualriver, waterpollution, waterrationing, waterrecycling

"Seems it never rains in southern CaliforniaSeems I've often heard that kind of talk beforeIt never rains in CaliforniaBut girl don't they warn yaIt pours, man it pours" A singer named Mike Hammond had a Billboard No. 5 hit...continued

David Beckman
David Beckman
Senior Attorney & Co-Director, Water Program
Los Angeles
In 1984, I left the cold Philly suburbs for college at U.C. Berkeley, and I...
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