Climate change and population growth are rapidly increasing stress on our water systems, challenging their ability to deliver critical services. To respond to this, we need more than simple course adjustments in how we manage our water – we need entirely new paradigms that will improve resource efficiency and support more sustainable urban water systems. […]
Local officials are judged on how well their governments provide basic services from transportation to trash collection. So it has been with drinking water: if the water was safe to drink and reliably delivered, water managers were doing their job. Moreover, when water managers thought about long-term planning, the answer was always the same: increase […]
County supervisors took action this morning to officially file a notice of intent with the state to establish a groundwater sustainability agency. It’s more of a technical maneuver than anything else. GSAs are starting to pop up in Kern County, to comply with state law that mandates a statewide effort to balance demand for our […]
Don’t expect to see a reservoir built in the hills west of Maxwell anytime soon. Plans to build the Sites Reservoir have been in the works since 1957, and if it is eventually approved, work on the project probably would not be complete for another 10 to 12 years, according to Jim Watson, the Sites […]
As the state slogs through its fifth year of drought, many water agencies are increasingly turning to alternative water sources to boost supplies — source like seawater, brackish groundwater and recycled wastewater. But those need a lot of energy to treat. Now a local state senator wants to use California’s growing renewable energy supply to […]
The California State Water Resources Control Board will soon set a maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3 Trichloropropane, or 1,2,3 TCP. It’s found in industrial solvents and cleaning agents, but it was once found in two popular soil fumigants made by Dow Chemical and Shell Oil Company. The pesticide byproduct contaminated groundwater throughout the Central Valley. […]
Accelerating Innovation in the Urban Water Sector
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Michael KiparskyClimate change and population growth are rapidly increasing stress on our water systems, challenging their ability to deliver critical services. To respond to this, we need more than simple course adjustments in how we manage our water – we need entirely new paradigms that will improve resource efficiency and support more sustainable urban water systems. […]
The Unforgiving New Landscape for Water Utilities
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Max GombergLocal officials are judged on how well their governments provide basic services from transportation to trash collection. So it has been with drinking water: if the water was safe to drink and reliably delivered, water managers were doing their job. Moreover, when water managers thought about long-term planning, the answer was always the same: increase […]
VIDEO: Mail Print More County to Establish Groundwater Sustainablilty Agency
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KGET (Bakersfield)County supervisors took action this morning to officially file a notice of intent with the state to establish a groundwater sustainability agency. It’s more of a technical maneuver than anything else. GSAs are starting to pop up in Kern County, to comply with state law that mandates a statewide effort to balance demand for our […]
Sites Reservoir likely years down the road
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Redding Record Searchlightby Damon ArthurDon’t expect to see a reservoir built in the hills west of Maxwell anytime soon. Plans to build the Sites Reservoir have been in the works since 1957, and if it is eventually approved, work on the project probably would not be complete for another 10 to 12 years, according to Jim Watson, the Sites […]
Bill seeks to use renewable energy to boost water supplies
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCCby Kevin WalkerAs the state slogs through its fifth year of drought, many water agencies are increasingly turning to alternative water sources to boost supplies — source like seawater, brackish groundwater and recycled wastewater. But those need a lot of energy to treat. Now a local state senator wants to use California’s growing renewable energy supply to […]
California To Set Legal Limit On Probable Carcinogen In Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Public Radio News (Sacramento)by Amy QuintonThe California State Water Resources Control Board will soon set a maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3 Trichloropropane, or 1,2,3 TCP. It’s found in industrial solvents and cleaning agents, but it was once found in two popular soil fumigants made by Dow Chemical and Shell Oil Company. The pesticide byproduct contaminated groundwater throughout the Central Valley. […]