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Skelton: California water bond needs to be boiled down
PolitiCalGeorge Skelton says that the issue of California's $11.1-billion water bond has largely fallen by the wayside.... -
Glendale's 'smart meter' billing system nearing completion
L.A. NOWGlendale's "smart meter" system nearing completion... -
EPA to remove contaminated soil that triggered Barstow water emergency
L.A. NOWFederal environmental officials this week will begin excavating 1,100 tons of perchlorate-laced soil from a former Barstow fireworks manufacturing site that contaminated the city’s drinking water supply in November 2010. The contamination led to a... -
How do you wrap an iceberg?
As part of a new study of future water shortages in the Colorado River Basin, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation solicited ideas on how to solve the looming gap between supply and demand. They received about 160 suggestions, ranging from the common-sense...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Ken Salazar, Energy Saving
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Letter: Water wise we aren't
Re "Water demand to exceed supply," Dec. 13, and David Horsey's Dec. 14 editorial cartoon These two pieces offer an ironic juxtaposition: David Horsey's cartoon analyzes conservatives' unthinking rejection of climate change, and a report warns of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Belief and Faith
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In an arid land, managing our thirst
A study released last week by the Bureau of Reclamation confirms what everyone already knows: We are sucking more water out of the Colorado River Basin than nature is putting in. Like draining a savings account, water users in the seven basin states...
Tags: Glen Canyon Dam, Mountains, Landforms, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Water bond needs slimming down
SACRAMENTO — Barrels of excess water have been tumbling down the Sacramento River with nowhere to go except the San Francisco Bay and out to sea. To be precise, 58,000 cubic feet of water per second — think of one cubic foot as a...
Tags: Fran Pavley, Politics, Natural Disasters, Conservation, Darrell Steinberg
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Some plants thrive on gray water, study says
Many plants used for landscaping benefit from being watered with household gray water, according to a study released Monday by the nonprofit organization Water Environmental Research Foundation. The study looked at seven homes in California, Arizona,...
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Northern India suffers massive power outage
World NowA massive breakdown of India's electricity grid cut power to 370 million people in seven northern states, halting trains, cutting water supplies and creating commuter mayhem.... -
Jessica Yu's 'Last Call at the Oasis' made her a water activist
If you want to say that Jessica Yu burst onto the film scene in 1993 with her short "Sour Death Balls," you'd be almost literally right. The film is almost 10 minutes of people trying to handle the disgusting confection. Yu's work wins accolades,...
Tags: Politics, Environmental Politics, Coal, Music Industry, Lungs and Airways
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Newton: Water ethics and a peripheral canal
Jeff Hart is a scientist who knows the history of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta better than most. He explains its emergence from the Ice Age, traces it through the arrival of the Spanish, recalls the figures of the California Gold Rush and points...
Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Ethics, Aldo Leopold, Government
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As lawmakers pursue fracking bills, report looks at water effects
PolitiCalA new report on hydraulic fracturing has taken stock of the controversial procedure's effect on water supplies in Colorado, echoing concerns of California lawmakers as they seek to regulate "fracking" here. Western Resource Advocates, an environmental...
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