Conservation

Californians and the State Water Resources Control Board have something to smile about. Water conservation, despite the lifting of mandatory conservation targets in May, remains the thing to do with Californians using 28 percent less water in May than they did in comparison to the same period in 2013. Water …

Temecula-based Rancho California Water District (RCWD) has been awarded a $1,000,000 grant from the Bureau of Reclamation’s Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants for the implementation of an Agricultural Crop Conversion Program.  The program’s goal is to help sustain local agriculture by providing financial incentives to the water district’s agricultural …

Even the researchers at the University of California, Davis, were surprised by their recent findings. Whereas we generally take for granted the water that flows from our taps at home and at work it takes energy for water to be pumped into water systems, to be treated and to be …

Reprogramming your automatic sprinklers, limiting the time in the shower, capturing and reusing rain water to hydrate your trees and not water-washing your patio or driveway has all paid off.  Californians have continued to conserve water in impressive numbers throughout the state posting a 26.1 percent savings in April over …

As California’s water agencies look to the autonomy of determining their own water conservation plans and goals, thanks to at least a partial showing of the famed El Nino in Northern California, the status of a waning Colorado River and its holding tank, Lake Mead, spell yet another problem for …

Three Public Listening Sessions have been scheduled for early June by three California water agencies regarding implementation of Executive Order B-37-16 (EO) issued by Governor Jerry Brown earlier this month.  The sessions will emphasize building on the conservation accomplished during California’s five-year drought and the implementation of Actions One and …