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California Governor Brown Signs Water Bills Into Law
Today saw several bills signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown which aim to raise the quality of drinking water in the state, with an emphasis on isolated rural communities, who are typically overlooked when it comes to water safety. The laws address issues like contamination by nitrates, arsenic, and E. coli, among other [...]
Continue reading...NASA-Built Water Treatment Facility Launched in Pasadena
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Good news for the City of Roses, as last Thursday marked the official opening of the nearly $9 million Monk Hill Water Treatment Plant in Pasadena, a project funded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Monk Hill facility is only the most recent NASA-funded project intended to improve the state of groundwater polluted [...]
Continue reading...Testing Reveals Waterways In California Are Getting More Polluted
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The most recent round of testing and review of water pollution levels in California reveals significant elevation in contamination by pesticides and other toxic substances, as well as a rise in the number of beaches experiencing bacterial issues and incidences of dirty fish. Federal regulators, however, believe that the increases are due to better oversight [...]
Continue reading...Report Details The Average California Home’s Water Use
Thursday, September 8, 2011
174,000 gallons of water a year. That’s what the typical three-bedroom, single-family house with four occupants in California uses, according to the California Homebuilding Foundation’s report, “Water Use in the California Residential Home.” The report provides many informative graphs and charts that help explain where our water goes. Read through it and you just might [...]
Continue reading...Reclaimed Water–Or The Purple Pipe–Finds High Demand in Drought-Prone Areas
Monday, August 1, 2011
Any self-respecting plumber knows that purple-colored piping indicates that the water flowing through it is reclaimed water. Reclaimed water. Several years ago, that term was vilified and twisted to make the public think that they were basically drinking toilet water, even though any child in a science class who knows about the Water Cycle can [...]
Continue reading...Los Angeles County Drinking Water Tests Reveal Trace Presence of Dangerous Chemicals
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Samples of drinking water gathered from more than 700 county locations revealed the presence of trace amounts of arsenic and lead that breached health standards, a county agency has reported. Samples with the strongest concentration of arsenic were pulled from sources at a juvenile probation camp in in Lancaster, California, and were discovered to be [...]
Continue reading...California Pushes Being Smarter With Landscape Irrigation Systems
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
California is well-known as the “Golden State,” but nowadays, the new gold seems to be water, which the state is making fast moves to conserve. One of the key areas being looked at for conservation is landscape irrigation, which makes about 70% of urban water use in the American Southwest. Considering that many irrigation systems [...]
Continue reading...With California’s Drought Officially Over, Extra Water Prompts Cities to Turn Over Couch Cushions
Monday, June 20, 2011
With the official end of California’s drought, municipalities are falling over themselves to secure every drop they can of the 225,000 acre-feet of water placed on the market at a deep discount, and with little notice, by the Metropolitan Water District (MWD). Unfortunately, due to the lack of notice from the MWD that such a [...]
Continue reading...Concerns About Hydraulic Fracturing Hit California
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Decades after a 1969 oil spill that soiled the Santa Barbara coast and helped jumpstart the modern environmentalist movement, hydraulic fracturing–or “fracking”– is bringing a new controversy to light, while also exposing the lax regulatory structure in California, a state the usually leads the nation on environmental issues. Fracking is a process long used by [...]
Continue reading...California City Upgrades Water Treatment Plant to Ease the Burden on Its Water Table (via sunherald.com)
Monday, February 7, 2011
VISALIA, Calif. — A growing demand for water is taking a heavy toll on the water table under the central California city of Visalia. To ease this burden, the city is upgrading its wastewater treatment plant, which will increase the amount of water that can be recycled and help reduce the need for pumping groundwater. [...]
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- LADWP Plans 37% Rate Hike Over 4 Years to Cover Cost Increases (LA Times)
- Where Does Los Angeles' Water Come From?
- Busting Common Soft Water Myths
- Heal the Bay's Beach Report Card: Los Angeles Water Quality Remains Worst in California
- PWQA urges action against new California water softener-ban bill (AB1366)
- Bill to Ban Water Softeners Passes CA Assembly
- What's The Right Water Treatment System For Me?
- California's Nitrate Problem Grows Unchecked (SF Chronicle)
- Several Orange County Beaches Still Closed After Sewage Spill
- Big California snowpack no panacea for water users (San Jose Mercury News)
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- Know Your Contaminant: Atrazine
- EPA Testing for Carcinogenic Contaminants in Burbank/Glendale Groundwater
- NSF Develops Methods to Certify Quality of Water Filter Bottles, But Are They Missing The Point?
- Oregon Energy Firm Aims To Use Water To Create Volcanic Energy
- Legionnaires’ Outbreak At WI Hospital Was Spread Via Water Sculpture
- Study Argues There’s No Difference Between Recycled Wastewater and Tap Water.
- How Banana Peels Are Able To Treat Contaminated Water
- WaterCop Automatic Water Shut-Off System Puts Leaks On A Leash
- Southern California Water Supply Report 2012
- Water Condition & Purification Magazine Profiles Rayne Water Systems
Friday, October 28, 2011
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