The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) has come under criticism after a local TV station filmed one of the agency’s substations watering its artificial grass. The synthetic turf was installed in 2011 as part of a program to replace grass with drought-tolerant landscaping at 71 DWP facilities. “All told, this program has […]
The five-year drought in California may have the green lawns of Santa Barbara in its sights. In an unprecedented move, the Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday is considering an outright ban on outdoor watering. As a conservation measure, the city already has limitations on what time of day people can water. Tom Fayram, deputy director […]
A mountain lake in California may provide answers surrounding the current five year drought as well as the other major droughts in the history of the state. Glen MacDonald, a climate change researcher and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles led a study in which he has analyzed the relationship between prolonged drought, […]
One year later, the shade balls dumped in the Los Angeles Reservoir have proven to be successful in saving water, according to the L.A. Department of Water and Power. In August of last year, L.A. officials released an additional 20,000 balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir, bringing the total number of balls in use to […]
California is now five years deep into one of its most severe droughts on record, and scientists are continually probing the different factors that affect the state’s climate, and how much those are related to the overall warming of the globe. Increasingly, this means looking back into the past for clues about how the region has […]
L.A. Water Agency Takes Heat For Wetting Down its Synthetic Turf
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Total Landscape Care (Tuscaloosa, A.L.)by Jill OdomThe Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) has come under criticism after a local TV station filmed one of the agency’s substations watering its artificial grass. The synthetic turf was installed in 2011 as part of a program to replace grass with drought-tolerant landscaping at 71 DWP facilities. “All told, this program has […]
Santa Barbara to Consider Outdoor Watering Ban
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)by David GornThe five-year drought in California may have the green lawns of Santa Barbara in its sights. In an unprecedented move, the Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday is considering an outright ban on outdoor watering. As a conservation measure, the city already has limitations on what time of day people can water. Tom Fayram, deputy director […]
Lake in Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains Could Explain California’s Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Northern California Newsby Natalia HallA mountain lake in California may provide answers surrounding the current five year drought as well as the other major droughts in the history of the state. Glen MacDonald, a climate change researcher and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles led a study in which he has analyzed the relationship between prolonged drought, […]
California’s ‘Shade Balls’ Deemed Successful in Saving Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Weather Network by Dalia IbrahimOne year later, the shade balls dumped in the Los Angeles Reservoir have proven to be successful in saving water, according to the L.A. Department of Water and Power. In August of last year, L.A. officials released an additional 20,000 balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir, bringing the total number of balls in use to […]
Think California’s Current Drought is Bad? Past Incarnations Have Lasted Hundreds of Years
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Washington Postby Chelsea HarveyCalifornia is now five years deep into one of its most severe droughts on record, and scientists are continually probing the different factors that affect the state’s climate, and how much those are related to the overall warming of the globe. Increasingly, this means looking back into the past for clues about how the region has […]
Cal Fire: Dying Trees Are State’s Largest Natural Disaster
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCRA (Sacramento)by Kristen SimoesAs the California drought persists, dying trees are slowly becoming the state’s largest natural disaster, Cal Fire said.