The California Senate has passed a bill that would make it easier for utilities to build stormwater capture projects.“We’re losing hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of water each year to the ocean in places like Los Angeles and San Diego and San Francisco, and that’s water that if we make the proper investments, can be captured and used,” Andrew Fahlund of the Water Foundation told Capital Public Radio.The bill would define stormwater as a sewer service, so that fees or taxes could be assessed for stormwater capture projects. Currently, it’s not possible to finance those projects in that way without
