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November 16, 2009
Posted by David Beckman in Health and the Environment
- Tags:
- californiawater, drought, israel, sewage, stormwater, waterconservation, waterefficiency, waterrecycling
California has long been a leader in water conservation strategies, I am proud to say, but we are certainly not the only innovators in the world. This week, I will be in Tel Aviv attending the 5th International Water Technologies,...continued→
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...continued→
September 3, 2009
Posted by David Beckman in Health and the Environment
- Tags:
- californiawater, drought, lawater, lowimpactdevelopment, stormwater, waterconservation, waterrecycling
California's three-year drought has done plenty to shake up the state. Farmers are struggling to bring in their crops, and wildfires are raging in these extra-dry conditions. But the drought is also doing something else to Californians. It has gotten...continued→
August 11, 2009
Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- 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...continued→
April 28, 2009
Posted by David Beckman in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- 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...continued→