Entries Tagged California Drought

Online Exclusives News Briefs: California Water Agencies Praise Governor's Drought Proposal

Entry 336773Association of California Water Agencies Executive Director Dave Eggerton recently issued a statement in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proclamation for...

May 26, 2021

Online Exclusives Climate Change Means Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ Drought Won’t Be an Anomaly, Stanford Researcher Says

Today, the lakes around Cape Town are brimming with water, but it was only a few years ago that South Africa’s second-most...

November 19, 2020

Online Exclusives News Briefs: California Releases Its Water Resilience Portfolio

Entry 337654California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently released a final version of the Water Resilience Portfolio, the Administration’s blueprint for equipping California to...

August 06, 2020

Online Exclusives Making California’s Water Supply Resilient

As with the stock market, climate change requires a diversified portfolio of solutions. California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed an executive order to develop a...

September 16, 2019

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Should Water Utilities Be Liable for Wildfire Damages?

Entry 339262A coalition of public and private water utilities in California is lobbying lawmakers to draft legislation that protects them from liability for...

June 04, 2019

Editorial Listening for Leaks

Almost 30,000 gallons per day — that’s how much water is saved by the leak detection team of Marin Municipal Water District. Formed...

October 24, 2018

Online Exclusives Water Conservation Wanes in California

Water conservation in California is on the decline, according to the data the State Water Resources Control Board has collected monthly since...

April 19, 2018

Online Exclusives Water Loss Monitoring Improves Under New California Law

Toward the end of 2017, a new law in California went into effect. Prompted in part by the years-long drought the state...

February 26, 2018

Online Exclusives Mountain Snowpack in California Well Below Average

Heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevadas at this time a year ago officially brought California out of its years-long drought. Officials warned...

January 16, 2018

Online Exclusives News Briefs: New Technology Helps City Cut Water Usage During Routine Flushing

During the height of the California drought, Ventura residents had a chronic complaint to the city as they had to increasingly cut...

August 31, 2017

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Audit Claims Feds Should End Deal to Rebuild New Orleans’ Storm-Damaged Infrastructure

A recent federal audit says the Federal Emergency Management Agency should rescind its multi-billion-dollar deal to rebuild New Orleans’ hurricane-damaged infrastructure.According to...

August 03, 2017