Conservation

Two water agencies that serve inland Southern California are concerned about the State Water Resources Control Board adopting an extension of Governor Jerry Brown’s mandatory water conservation. Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) and Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) believe the revised conservation regulations ease burdens on water agencies, but they …

Yesterday, the State Water Resources Control Board released their monthly conservation numbers. December’s numbers, in comparison to November, dropped. In December, Californians conserved 18.3 percent (24.7 billion gallons). In November, that number was 20.4 percent. “While the recent rains and growing snowpacks are wonderful to behold, we won’t know until …

Yesterday, Metropolitan Water District (MWD) released its annual regional progress report that it submits to the California State Legislature. The report addresses the water agency’s achievements in conservation, recycling and groundwater recharge. “Metropolitan’s Board of Directors approved its highest ever conservation and outreach budget, to institute the largest program in …

Since Governor Jerry Brown implemented mandatory water use reductions last June, Californians have saved 26.3 percent, in comparison to 2013. Although this number has made great strides throughout the region, Governor Brown has considered extending the mandatory water cutbacks – known as emergency conservation regulations – as a means of …

Smart Utility Systems recently announced its free Smart H2O water conservation mobile app has received endorsements from several prominent community leaders throughout California. Smart H2O enables users to report water waste such as unrepaired leaks, defective irrigation systems, and water run-off in the streets, to their local water agency with a single click …

Opower the global leader in cloud-based software for the utility industry, today announced that for the second year in a row, Glendale Water & Power’s Behavioral Demand Response program achieved the highest reduction in peak demand of any opt-out behavioral-only DR program at scale in the country. “Everyone at Glendale …