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Water Issues
Saving Energy by Saving Water: A Hidden Imperative
This story in the NY Times spells out the energy spent through water use, and the enormous potential, with double benefits, of bringing water-use down. Read More...
LA’s Water Use Drops to 1979 Levels
A couple of recent articles poo-poohed the possibility that combined individual actions can make a difference in slowing climate change. But if Los Angeles experience with water regulation and compliance is any indication, don't count public action out. Read More...
Water: The Yemenis, Now; the American Southwest, Later?
Is the Yemeni unwillingness to give up their drug, qat, and our unwillingness to give up the American Way of Waste mean that we'll end up with waterless towns and cities? We will learn, soon enough. Read More...
A Classic Water War Over Public & Industrial Rights
The way this classic legal battle turns out -- between seven hydroelectric plants and a regional water authority -- over who owns the water in North Carolina's Deep River, will affect the state's water laws for generations. Read More...
Lack of Waste Water Treatment Facilities Holds Up NY’s Plunge into Hydrofracturing
The lack of facilities that can process millions of gallons of tainted water has given the watershed of New York City a reprieve. Gas companies were set to drill en masse into the deep Marcellus Shale under southern New York State using hydro-fracturing, which involves millions of gallons per well, putting in danger the... Read More...
More Than A Drop in the Bucket
This article in "Urban Re:Vision" is a good short survey of the way several cities have reduced water use and increased stormwater capture, including San Francisco's greenstreets and Las Vegas cash-for-grass program. Read More...