Tag Archives: conservation

Bottoms Up! We’re all familiar with the current focus and tactics for conserving water — restrictions on lawn watering, prohibitions for hosing down your driveway, and making it illegal for restaurants to refill your water glass unless you specifically ask. But what about craft beer made with recycled waste water …

A group of farmers from the Central and South Delta has thrilled California’s water regulators by voluntarily using more than 32 percent less water compared with 2013. Farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta had set a voluntary goal last year to reduce water diversions by 25 percent. The Delta, …

Rialto-based West Valley Water District (WVWD) has decided to refund a portion of its customers’ 2015 water payments. In addition, WVWD has rescinded their 2016 and 2017 rate increases that were approved in 2012. Based on a financial study from 2017-2021, WVWD determined that the previously approved rate increases for …

During the month of January, Californians missed Governor Jerry Brown’s water conservation mandate goal of 25 percent, a first since the mandatory mandate went into effect. Residents saved 24.8 percent, a small margin from the 25 percent goal. “We’re hoping for every raindrop and every snowflake we can handle. We’re …

On Tuesday, the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) Board of Directors approved a downgrade in conservation numbers for CVWD customers. Previously, CVWD customers were required to conserve outdoor water use by 36 percent. Under the new conservation numbers, that number has dropped to 32 percent. The lowered conservation number comes …

Sonoma County is receiving an $8 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a means of protecting agricultural lands and ecosystems for drought and climate resiliency. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program funds the grant. The funding will be used to …