Tag Archives: conservation

Coordinated efforts by Arizona, California and Nevada have forestalled mandatory water restrictions at Lake Mead for another year. But, should the four-plus year drought continue in the western states the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation is projecting that by 2018 the lake’s levels could fall short by less than one …

A new irrigation efficiency program and an awareness program has been developed by the city of Redlands (San Bernardino County) in lieu of $61,000 fine by State Water Resources Control Board.  The city had been assessed the financial fine in the fall of 2015 for alleged failure to achieve its …

The Save Our Water partnership between the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have launched a new summer conservation messaging campaign – Don’t Waste Summer. The new messaging campaign seeks to encourage businesses, government agencies and California residents to take steps to …

The State Water Resources Control Board released June’s water conservation data on Tuesday, the first month without mandatory conservation targets across the state. The June 2016 savings fell to a 21.5 percent savings as opposed to the 27.5 percent savings from the same period in 2015. Although new regulations took …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has been directed by the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act to identify best management practices (BMPs) for the sustainable management of ground water (SGM) basins. According to the SGM web site and pursuant to Water Code § 10729(d) DWR must publish on its “Internet Web …

The statewide water conservation program – Save Our Water – has recently launched its summer public education campaign “Water Conservation: It’s For Life” as part of Gov. Jerry Brown May Executive Order and what he referred to as the “California Lifestyle.” As part of the summer campaign launch, Save Our …