Efficiency
"We can obtain real water from a Virtual River of water efficiency, trimming water waste, recycling wastewater, and capturing rainwater in urban areas before it flows into storm drains. There's more water available from these sources than we've ever exported from the Delta." (Doug Obegi)
"Our best estimate is that one-third of California’s current urban water use – more than 2.3 million acre-feet (AF) – can be saved with existing technology. At least 85% of this (more than 2 million AF) can be saved at costs below what it would cost to tap into new sources of supply and without the many social, environmental, and economic consequences that any major water project will bring." (Waste Not, Want Not, NRDC)
If you are using water (and we know you are), make a pact with yourself, your family, in your neighborhood and your work place to preserve and protect our water resources first
In order to know if you are how effectively you are saving water, you must first know how much water you’ve been using. Establish your Baseline use during a certain year and then compare ongoing use to that baseline.
Get right to the details of how you can employ efficiency and conservation measures to start saving water immediately. It can be as easy as turning down the flow on your kitchen sink.
It is common knowledge that California is experiencing serious impacts to its water supplies on numerous counts:
Depleting reservoirs, groundwater, aquifers, rivers and streams can put water supplies, human health, and ecological systems at serious risk.
Fortunately, incorporating water saving technologies inside and outside of buildings is usually simple, without the need for permits. Changing toilets, showerheads, aerating faucet heads, and other water saving apparatus is straightforward.
Switching to efficient appliances and systems is where you usually get the most bang for your buck.
We know that old habits and aesthetics can be hard to change. But let’s talk turkey about the practicality of lawns (aka, turf) in California, with it’s wet and dry seasons. First, did you know that lawns are the #1 irrigated "crop", estimated to cover about 128,000 square kilometers (nearly 32 million acres) in the United States?
RESOURCES
CALIFORNIA WATER EVENTS
| Keys to Securing Brownfields Funding Thu Jul 29 @08:30AM San Bernadino (Inland Empire), CA |
| Saving the Bay Film Series: Bay in the Balance (2009, 60 min.) Thu Jul 29 @12:00PM Koret Auditorium Main Library 100 Larkin Street |
| State Water Board Board Meeting Tue Aug 03 @09:00AM Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building 1001IStreet,Sacramento, CA |
| State Water Board Board Meeting Wed Aug 04 @09:00AM Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building 1001IStreet,Sacramento, CA |
| The Importance of a Stream’s Physical Habitat Condition and How to Measure It Thu Aug 05 @11:00AM Webinar: Meeting Password: swamp Call In Number: 1‑866‑876‑1519 (Please use *6 to mute your phone as soon as you log in |
