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History of the Los Angeles Aqueduct–New Water Finally Flows
The Los Angeles Aqueduct began construction in 1908, the first year of a five-year effort to provide sufficient water for the growing metropolis of Los Angeles. This multi-part series on the building of the aqueduct is adapted from the history available from the website of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The Aqueduct [...]
Continue reading...History of the Los Angeles Aqueduct–Writing World Records Into the Earth
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Los Angeles Aqueduct began construction in 1908, the first year of a five-year effort to provide sufficient water for the growing metropolis of Los Angeles. This multi-part series on the building of the aqueduct is adapted from the history available from the website of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Fall, 1908. [...]
Continue reading...History of the Los Angeles Aqueduct–Roadblock Passed, Mountainside Ahead
Monday, November 14, 2011
The Los Angeles Aqueduct began construction in 1908, the first year of a five-year effort to provide sufficient water for the growing metropolis of Los Angeles. This multi-part series on the building of the aqueduct is adapted from the history available from the website of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Wallace Austin’s [...]
Continue reading...History Of The Los Angeles Aqueduct–Vertical Ambition and Sideways Subterfuge
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Los Angeles Aqueduct began construction in 1908, the first year of a five-year effort to provide sufficient water for the growing metropolis of Los Angeles. This multi-part series on the building of the aqueduct is adapted from the history available from the website of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Mulholland was [...]
Continue reading...History of the Los Angeles Aqueduct–A City’s Thirst
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Los Angeles Aqueduct began construction in 1908, the first year of a five-year effort to provide sufficient water for the growing metropolis of Los Angeles. This multi-part series on the building of the aqueduct is adapted from the history available from the website of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Los Angeles [...]
Continue reading...Sierra Club Scores Los Angeles, Orange County Water Conservation Efforts
Monday, July 18, 2011
Almost 50% of Los Angeles and Orange County water conservation programs were rated as “poor” or “worse” than average, in a Sierra Club survey published last week. The Los Angeles Chapter of The Sierra Club released a scorecard evaluating the counties’ incorporated communities on such things as their water use, water waste, adoption of building [...]
Continue reading...San Fernando Valley Experiencing Another Rash of Water Main Breaks
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Several water main breaks have been pockmarking Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley as of late, reminiscent of previous occurrences that authorities have sometimes called a side effect of water-saving behaviors that City residents have gradually been getting accustomed to. The most recent main break occurred just after midnight on Tuesday, July 12; streets were flooded [...]
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...San Diego City Approves Another Water Rate Increase (via KPBS.com)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
San Diego city residents will see another water rate increase this spring. The city council approved the increase six to two, in spite of heated opposition. This latest increase means city water bills will have risen 67 percent in three years. Angry residents told the council this was no way to reward their conservation efforts. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 21, 2010
While no city beats Norman, Oklahoma for shockingly high levels of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in its tap water, both Los Angeles and Riverside have higher levels than California officials would like to see. With .20 and 1.69 parts per billion (ppb), LA and Riverside, respectively, don’t even come close to the central Oklahoma city, which [...]
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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
Monday, November 21, 2011
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