You’ve got a smartphone. Maybe a smart watch. Or even a smart doorbell. In the coming months and years as California struggles with worsening droughts, millions of Bay Area residents will soon be getting a smart water meter.
The way the story goes, the one Fort Collins resident Aaron Million first told more than a decade ago, the whole thing started with one of those ah-ha moments, a split-second grasp of some sliver of grand opportunity. Million, who in the mid-2000s, was pursuing a master’s degree in agriculture and resource economics at Colorado […]
In my household we shower every few days. We don’t flush every time. After a dinner party, I empty my guests’ water glasses into the houseplants. It’s been four years since I lived through Cape Town’s water crisis, but hard-earned habits die hard. My water conservation routines may sound like too much information, or even borderline […]
As the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks of supplies reaching perilously low levels, a top federal water official said Tuesday. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton said during a […]
The governor of California stood in a patch of dry brown grass as he made his proclamation: “We’re in a new era. The idea of your nice little green grass getting lots of water every day — that’s going to be a thing of the past,” he said. “We’re in a historic drought, and that […]
The Cruelest Summer Yet? California Is Facing Drought, Heat, Power Outages and Fires — All at Once Even with the upheaval of the pandemic mostly behind us, the menace of drought and rising temperatures is threatening to derail the return to normal. This year’s extraordinarily dry, warm weather, which is expected to continue in the coming months, is stoking […]
California Drought: “Smart” Water Meters Coming to San Jose, Other Bay Area Cities in Latest Effort to Boost Conservation
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury Newsby Paul RogersYou’ve got a smartphone. Maybe a smart watch. Or even a smart doorbell. In the coming months and years as California struggles with worsening droughts, millions of Bay Area residents will soon be getting a smart water meter.
A Project Looking to Move Water From Utah to Colorado’s Front Range Gets New Funding, Partner
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Colorado Sunby Chris OutcultThe way the story goes, the one Fort Collins resident Aaron Million first told more than a decade ago, the whole thing started with one of those ah-ha moments, a split-second grasp of some sliver of grand opportunity. Million, who in the mid-2000s, was pursuing a master’s degree in agriculture and resource economics at Colorado […]
To Survive Severe Drought This Summer, California Should Learn From Cape Town’s Water Crisis
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /TIMEby Aryn BakerIn my household we shower every few days. We don’t flush every time. After a dinner party, I empty my guests’ water glasses into the houseplants. It’s been four years since I lived through Cape Town’s water crisis, but hard-earned habits die hard. My water conservation routines may sound like too much information, or even borderline […]
Major Water Cutbacks Loom as Shrinking Colorado River Nears ‘Moment of Reckoning’
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesAs the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks of supplies reaching perilously low levels, a top federal water official said Tuesday. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton said during a […]
Did California Learn Anything From the Last Drought? ‘Gambling’ With Water Continues
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley SmithThe governor of California stood in a patch of dry brown grass as he made his proclamation: “We’re in a new era. The idea of your nice little green grass getting lots of water every day — that’s going to be a thing of the past,” he said. “We’re in a historic drought, and that […]
The Cruelest Summer Yet? California Is Facing Drought, Heat, Power Outages and Fires — All at Once
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderThe Cruelest Summer Yet? California Is Facing Drought, Heat, Power Outages and Fires — All at Once Even with the upheaval of the pandemic mostly behind us, the menace of drought and rising temperatures is threatening to derail the return to normal. This year’s extraordinarily dry, warm weather, which is expected to continue in the coming months, is stoking […]