Entries Tagged California Drought

Does Tom Selleck deserve more water than you? Are his avocados more deserving of this precious resource than your houseplants? Or your...

After five punishing years, drought conditions have reached critical mass in California and much of the western United States. Smart infrastructure technology...

The City of Savannah, Georgia, plans to spend about $500,000 for a new drainage line to replace the aging 19th century stormwater...

Major rain events in sunny Southern California are not commonplace. In the midst of four years of severe drought, recent downpours have...

Josephina Guzman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.An underground explosion shot a nearly 300-pound manhole cover through the floor of...

Gamefication — the use of game mechanics in non-game contexts — has been used in everything from encouraging consumer buy-in to crafting...

City Council Votes to Reactivate Desalination Plant Santa Barbara City Council members voted unanimously July 21 in favor of spending $55 million to...

“If there’s no snowpack, there’s no water.”A recent report by the New York Times highlights some of the challenges faced by the...

Update: The Associated Press reports that actor Tom Selleck will pay Calleguas Municipal Water District more than $21,000 to settle the lawsuit brought on...

Driven by years of drought and new, unprecedented restrictions on water use, Los Angeles is taking an innovative approach to reduce future...

The ongoing California drought has led to an apparent paradox for water utilities and agencies throughout the state: Water conservation reduces revenue.Based...

The special water district in La Habra Heights, a hilly town in Southern California with a small population, has a lot going...

You’ve all no doubt heard plenty about the drought in California and the new water use regulations that recently went into effect.Californians...

A new manhole cover design, complete with GPS tracking, has been created in response to an estimated 240,000 stolen manhole covers in...