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Low Impact Development Will Help California and the Arid West Retain Rainfall

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

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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