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New report: CA businesses can save water & money – Making Every Drop Work

May 26, 2009

Posted by Ronnie Cohen in Living Sustainably

Tags:
ab49, waterconservation, waterefficiency, waterprogram

  Are you in your office right now? Check out the restroom. Are there low flow toilets?  Faucet aerators?  How about in the kitchen?  Is there an efficient dishwasher? Are you in a hotel?  Is there information in your room...continued

Follow the Leader: Thoughts on Water Efficiency From the World Water Forum

March 17, 2009

Posted by Ronnie Cohen in Living Sustainably

Tags:
ab49, cocacola, drinkingwater, istanbul, unitednations, waterefficiency, worldwaterday, worldwaterforum

While California is often thought of as trendy and cutting edge, sometimes you have to get out of town, way out of town, for some fresh perspective.  So I find myself at the 5th World Water Forum, in Istanbul, Turkey. For...continued

Wasting Water Isn’t the Answer

November 19, 2008

Posted by Ronnie Cohen in Health and the Environment

Tags:
agricultural_drainage, climatechange, drip_irrigation, drought, globalwarming, groundwater, Kesterson_National_Wildlife_Refuge, pesticides

  How bizarre. As many regions around the United States grapple with drought, the New York Times publishes the results of a study lauding the benefits of wasting water. Yesterday, the New York Times ran an article entitled "Drip Irrigation...continued

Chinatown, the Sequel

June 2, 2008

Posted by Ronnie Cohen in Living Sustainably

Tags:
baydelta, californiawater, chinatown, dams, governor, la_water, losangeles_waterplan, owensriver, sacramentodelta, savingwater, smartcontroller, waterconservation, waterrecycling

I guess it’s time to remake the movie Chinatown, which told the classic tale of Los Angeles stealing water from the far off Owens River basin. Finding new sources of water has always been critical to the continuation of the...continued