Tag Archives: conservation

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 …

Capitalizing on this year’s election fever the omnipresent Lawn Dude icon has reportedly thrown his hat in the ring with a clear and one-issue platform of “Conserve, Conserve, Conserve!” A creation of the Southern California Water Committee (SCWC) and Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA), Lawn Dude is a spunky ball …

With a vote of 9-0 the California Water Commission (CWC) has approved the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) regulations drafted by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) which will guide the creation of sustainability plans by local groundwater agencies. The SGMA, enacted by Gov. Jerry Brown in September 2014, creates …

On Wednesday, the State Water Resources Control Board voted to allow individual water agencies to propose water conservation standards based on their specific water supplies and anticipated local demand. The new ruling follows a four-year state-wide drought and previously state-imposed mandatory conservation standards. State Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus said …