Tag Archives: conservation

Earlier this week the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County launched a water recycling program that could help refill groundwater basins across Southern California and provide water to more than 300,000 homes. The agencies broke ground on a demonstration advanced purification …

The WateReuse Association honored 11 water leaders for their extraordinary leadership in advancing sustainable, locally controlled water supplies during the Annual WateReuse Awards Luncheon as part of the Sept. 12 32nd Annual WateReuse Symposium. The honorees include businesses, utilities and individuals dedicated to water reuse. WateReuse Executive Director Patricia Sinicropi …

Grants made through the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) have been announced by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, chair of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners. The $21.9 million will be used to conserve, enhance or restore more than 92,000 acres …

Sierra magazine recently published its 2017 “Cool Schools” ranking placing the University of California, Irvine (UCI) as the only school scoring in the top 10 list for eight consecutive years. The university was rated in the top 10 list for its water conservation efforts, the strength of its green energy …

If you made or are planning to make one last beach run this summer to the Santa Monica Pier on a Saturday evening don’t be surprised when you see a water-saving message on the pier’s Ferris wheel. The H2Love campaign message began appearing of the iconic Ferris wheel last Saturday …

Mature salmon looking for key spawning areas received a boost earlier this week when the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) commenced a salmon spawning improvement project by placing 5,000 cubic yards of spawning gravel into the Feather River. Much of the salmon spawning area was washed away earlier this …